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Optimized Handling of Workpoint Processes

Workflows such as large-scale certifications can involve many individual Workpoint processes. To improve performance, the product enacts the following two optimization behaviors. Consider these behaviors when you create custom processes.

• Progressive Launch - the product handles the first node of Workpoint processes before it actually initiates a job based on the process. The product immediately populates the certification queues with initial review items, and initiates Workpoint jobs as users respond to these items.

  Progressive launch works well with standard Workpoint processes, because most of these processes begin with Certify or Suggest nodes. When custom processes do not begin with a review item node, the product first initiates a job for each Workpoint process before further workflow handling.

  The following system property controls progressive launch of Workpoint processes:

  lazy.workflow.job.creation.enabled

  Specifies whether the product uses progressive launch. When this Boolean property is true, the product generates review items based on the initial review node of Workpoint processes before it creates a Workpoint job instance. The default value is True.

• Unilateral Cancel - During a workflow, an item can be canceled or become irrelevant. For example, a manager can terminate a request for several new privileges when only some of them are approved. The product marks these items internally as canceled, but does not continue to manage the corresponding Workpoint process. When a custom process includes conditions and nodes to handle a canceled process, the product does not return the cancelation status to the Workpoint process, and does not handle those nodes.

  The following system property controls unilateral cancelation of Workpoint processes:

  aggregated.workflow.job.cancel.enabled

  Specifies whether the product maintains Workpoint processes that correspond to canceled workflow items. When this Boolean property is true, the product continues to interact with Workpoint processes after their workflow items are canceled. The default value is False.