# Workflow Features
## Workflow functions
* Mix human-based, agentic AI, and automatic system actions in the workflow
* Create any business rules based on workflow data
* Create conditions or exceptions based on workflow data or by using ready-to-use macros
* Customize contents and layout of event-based email notifications (SMTP)
* Automatic escalation based on workflow data
* Enable delegation for workflow participants
* Create complex workflows with sub-processes
* Customize and secure display of data in user interface
* Ready-to-use document validation application
* Attach any kind of file to workflows
* Save-as-draft mode for forms
* Define workflow data stored in database without programming
* Use all assignment methods (automatic, self-service, dynamic, etc.)
* Parallel and/or serial routing
* Automatic synchronization action
* Define lead times for the entire workflow
* Define lead times for each action at design time or runtime
* Launch a workflow from a third-party application
* Unique request IDs for all processes
* Relative request IDs per process and/or per year and month
* Time zone management
* Action completion in background mode
* Action multi-instance management
* Agent actions to automatically trigger and perform large volumes of system actions within multi-application IT ecosystems
* Scheduled frequency system actions
* Automatic cancellation of timed-out system actions
* Integrated Remote Approval service lets users approve requests by email reply from a mobile device
## Action assignment methods
* Manual (the current user selects a user to perform the next action)
* Automatic (using workflow data containing the user)
* Self-service (the first member of a team who takes the action handles it)
* By a coordinator who dispatches
* By the manager
* By the person who performed a previous action
## Ready-to-use workflow applications
* .NET web form support
* XMLTODATABASE: Export .NET web form data into one or multiple databases
* GETUSERSFROMDIR: Query the directory at runtime to retrieve user list for dynamic assignments and/or email notifications
* XMLTRANS: Transform XML files into other formats (EAI)
* RAISEEXCEPTION: Cancel one or several actions in the running request
* MERGEFORM: Merge multiple form data files into one file and merge form archives into a target form archive
* UPDATEPROCESSDATA: Update process data associated with a request
* STARTPROCESS: Launch a new request with corresponding parameters for inter-process communications
* COMPLETEACTION: Complete an ongoing action with the corresponding parameters for inter-process communications and synchronization
* GETPROCESSDATA: Retrieve process data values for a specified request
* GETFORMDATA: Retrieve form field values for a specified request
* CANCELREQUEST: Cancel an ongoing request
* MERGEFORM: Merge multiple form data files into one file
* COPYDATA: Copy data from a parameter to a different data
* SENDMESSAGE: Send SMS notifications from WorkflowGen
* SENDHTTPPOST: Post HTTP requests and webhooks to external sources
* RESTAPICLIENT: Call REST API endpoints to exchange information with other applications through HTTP requests
* EXECSQL: Execute one or multiple SQL queries in a process
* JSONTODATA: Parse JSON content into process data
* DOCUSIGNSEND: Send one or more documents to DocuSign for electronic signature
* DOCUSIGNCHECK: Check the status of a DocuSign envelope and download associated files
* ADOBESIGNSEND: Send one or more documents to Adobe Sign for electronic signature
* ADOBESIGNCHECK: Check the status of an Adobe Sign agreement and download associated files
* DOCAPOSTESEND: Send one or more documents to Docaposte for electronic signature.
* DOCAPOSTECHECK: Check the status of a Docaposte transaction and download associated files.
* YOUSIGNSEND: Send one or more documents to Yousign for electronic signature.
* YOUSIGNCHECK: Verify the status of a Yousign agreement and download its associated file.
* DROPBOXSIGNSEND: Send one or more documents to Dropbox Sign for electronic signature.
* DROPBOXSIGNCHECK: Check the status of documents sent to Dropbox Sign and download the associated files.
* OPENAITRANSCRIPTION: Interact with an OpenAI audio model to transcribe an audio file.
* OPENAICHAT: Interact with an OpenAI, Mistral AI, Google Gemini, or Anthropic Claude chat model.
* OPENAIADDMESSAGE: Update the message history of a conversation to add user or tool interactions, including directly from a sub-process.
* COUNTER: Manipulate a counter in a loop.
* GETAGENTTOOLDATA: Extract information from a tool that can be provided by an application such as OPENAICHAT.
* GETAGENTTOOL: Extract a tool and its information from a list of tools that can be provided by an application such as OPENAICHAT.
* XMLTOJSON: Convert structured XML content into equivalent JSON content.
* Remote Approval: Approve user requests by email reply from a mobile device
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