Creating Workflow Tasks, Automated Tasks, and Approvals

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

After you create a workflow type, you continue the process for creating a Microsoft Dynamics AX workflow by adding tasks, automated tasks, and approvals to the workflow type. A task is a workflow element with a single step defined in the Application Object Tree (AOT) that is used to implement task-based processes. An automated task is a workflow element used to invoke X++ code within the application without requiring user intervention. An approval is a specialized task that can have multiple steps defined in the AOT that is used to implement approval processes.

You create tasks, automated tasks, and approvals in separate AOT nodes and then, you can add them to the workflow type Supported Elements node. The same tasks and approvals can also be added to different workflow types.

This section describes the procedures that are used to create tasks, automated tasks, and approvals.

In This Section

• Workflow Tasks

• Workflow Automated Tasks

• Workflow Approvals

• How to: Associate an Action Menu Item with a Workflow Task or Approval Outcome

• How to: Associate a Display Menu item with a Workflow Task or Approval

• How to: Add a Task, Automated Task, or Approval to a Workflow Type

See also

Creating a Workflow Type

Walkthrough: Creating a Workflow with a Task and an Approval

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