Unlock Workflow

1 Introduction

The Unlock workflow activity can be used to unlock a workflow, i.e. a workflow definition. If the workflow is unlocked, new instances of the workflow can be created.

For information on locking the workflow, see the Lock Workflow.

2 Properties

An example of Unlock workflow properties is represented in the image below:

There are two sets of properties for this activity, those in the dialog box on the left, and those in the properties pane on the right.

The Unlock workflow properties pane consists of the following sections:

• Action
• Common

3 Action Section

The Action section of the properties pane shows the action associated with this activity.

You can open a dialog box to configure this action by clicking the ellipsis (…) next to the action.

You can also open the dialog box by double-clicking the activity in the microflow or right-clicking the activity and selecting Properties.

3.1 Workflow

The workflow that is unlocked by this activity.

3.2 Unpause Instances

With this option, all paused running workflow instances are reverted to their previous state. Workflow instances that are not currently paused are not impacted. For more information on workflow state transitions, see the Workflow State Transitions Upon Locking and Unlocking section in Lock Workflow.

This option is enabled by default.

4 Common Section