Working with Workflow Activities

The Activities category view of Workflow Console displays the activities that you have been assigned as potential owner, business administrator, or the actual owner of. To be displayed, the activities must have a state of Started. In this exercise, you claim activities, specify properties, perform model management tasks, add comments, and complete activities.

To complete an activity:

Log on to SAS Model Manager as a member of the Model Manager Advanced Users group or Model Manager Administrator Users group.
Select ToolsMy Workflow Inbox or click . Workflow Console is launched in a web browser and displays the Activities category view.

This is an example of the view for an advanced user.
Select an activity and click to claim an activity.

Note: You can select an activity name and click to release an activity that you had previously claimed. Only a SAS administrator or SAS Model Manager administrator can release an activity that has been claimed by another participant. For more information, see Releasing an Activity in SAS Model Manager: User's Guide.
(Optional) Click on a property value in the Properties pane of the Activities category view, and then enter a value or change the existing value.

Note: Not all activities have user-defined properties.

To save the changes to the properties, click .

If you do not want to save the changes to the properties, click .
(Optional) Add a comment:
1. Enter a topic name and a comment in the Comments pane.
2. (Optional) Click to add a file with the new topic. For more information, see Attach a File in SAS Model Manager: User's Guide.
3. Click Post. The comment now appears in the Comments pane.
For information, see Working with Comments in SAS Model Manager: User's Guide.
(Optional) Respond to a topic:
1. In the Comments pane, expand the topic thread to which you want to respond and then enter a comment in the box.
2. Click to add a file.
3. Click Post. The response is added below the original comment.
Double-click an activity to view the activity details. From the activity details view you can perform the model management tasks that are associated with the activity. If the workflow is not associated with a version, or if the activity is not configured to use a model management component, you can modify the activity properties.

Note: If you did not claim the activity from the Activities category view, select the Claim check box in the activity status bar.

This is an example of an activity that has not been claimed, that contains properties, and that does not have a model management task associated with it.
The following actions can be performed from the activity status bar.
- Select the information button to view the description of the activity. The description window can contain a brief description of the activity or special instructions. The information button is displayed only if a description was provided for the activity when the workflow definition was created.
- If you have no other actions to perform for the activity, you can select a status to complete the activity, and click Update and Close. The workflow process continues to the next activity.
- Click Close if you want to return to the Activities category view without updating the status of the activity.
If a model management component is associated with the activity, see the exercise Using Model Management Components with a Workflow Activity for the tasks that can be performed.
(Optional) If you did not select a status to complete the activity, select a status value from the Activities category view to complete the activity. The workflow continues to the next activity. Here is an example of the Set up project activity that has only one status to choose from.
Repeat steps 3 through 8 until the workflow has been completed.

Note: From the Activities category view, you can also view the dashboard reports for all projects. Click View dashboard reports

to view the dashboard reports in a browser window.

For more information, see Working with Workflow Activities in SAS Model Manager: User's Guide.