Workflow Editor

Entering the Workflow Editor

To open the Workflow Editor, the user must either create a new scheme or open an existing project on the My Projects page.

Structure of the editor workspace

The editor workspace is divided into 4 areas:

In addition, there are 3 icons in the upper right corner of the editor workspace to change the scale of the workspace:

1. when you click on the icon  the blocks in the workflow scheme become larger, which may result in a smaller number of scheme blocks being displayed in this area;
2. when you click the icon  the blocks in the workflow scheme become smaller, so that the workspace can accommodate a larger number of blocks of the scheme;
3. when you click on the icon  the scale of the area becomes as close to 100% as possible. 

Toolbar

The toolbar contains the following buttons (from left to right):

1. Basic buttons group (always visible) - :

   Name	Description
   Publish	To publish the project.
   Project parameters	To edit the project metadata.
   Close	To exit the workflow editor.

2. A group of buttons for performing operations on blocks of the scheme as a whole (always visible) - :
   
   

   Name	Description
   Back	To cancel the last operation in the editor (active if only one operation on blocks has been performed after entering the editor).
   Forward	To restore the previously canceled operation (active if only one operation on blocks has been performed after entering the editor).
   Copy	To copy the selected block on the scheme (active only if the block is selected).
   Cut	To delete the selected block in the scheme and save it in the clipboard (active only if the block is selected).
   Paste	To insert the cut block into the scheme (active only if the block was cut before).
   Delete	To delete the selected block on the scheme (active only if the block is selected).

3. A group of buttons for controlling blocks during debug (visible only when an active block is selected: task, SF, subprocess) - :

   Name	Description
   Disable block	To temporarily disable a selected block from the workflow scheme or to enable a temporarily disabled block.
   Breakpoint	To create a breakpoint for the selected block during debugging or to delete an already created breakpoint for the selected block.

4. A group of buttons to control the debug mode -  and :

   Name	Description
   Start	To launch the workflow in debug mode (active and visible unless the workflow is already running).
   Pause	To stop the workflow temporarily (active and visible if the workflow is already running).
   Stop	To interrupt the workflow without waiting for it to finish executing (active and visible if the workflow is already running).
   Restart	To restart the workflow without waiting for the end of its execution (active and visible if the workflow is already running).
   Step forward	To move forward in the workflow scheme after the workflow has temporarily stopped at a breakpoint to the next breakpoint or to the end of the workflow (active and visible if the workflow is already running).
   Continue	To continue the workflow after the workflow has temporarily stopped (active and visible if the workflow is paused). The image of the button is exactly the same as that of the Start button.

Function blocks of the workflow scheme

The Workflow Editor offers the following set of functional blocks that can be used to design workflows: