Overview of Workflow Console

The SAS Model Manager Workflow Console is an interface to SAS Workflow that you can use to track the progress of a models in a project’s version. A SAS Model Manager administrator or a SAS administrator uses SAS Workflow Studio to define process definitions and to make them available to SAS Model Manager for use. Process definitions contain the set of activities, participants, policies, statuses, and data objects that comprise a business task. After the process definitions are made available, the SAS Model Manager administrator uses Workflow Console to create workflow to be used with SAS Model Manager. A workflow is a copy of a workflow process definition. Each workflow consists of activities. Activities can contain properties and comments so that you can share information with other users, or make notes. The status that you select when completing an activity determines the next activity in the workflow process.
From the SAS Model Manager client application, you can launch the Workflow Console to create a new workflow or view the workflow for a version, manage all workflows, and view your workflow inbox to work with activities, depending on the user permissions. The option that is selected and the user permissions determine the category view and content that are displayed when Workflow Console is launched. SAS Model Manager administrators can view the Workflow Definitions, Workflows, and Activities category views of Workflow Console. Other SAS Model Manager users can view only the Activities category view. For more information about user permissions, see SAS Model Manager: Administrator's Guide.