What Oracle Work Flow does:
1. Routes Information: Information routes through attachments like spreed sheet, audio, video.
2. Defines Business Rule: We can graphicallly define business rules through Work Flow Builder and PLSQL makes these rules as activities.
3. Deliver Electronic Notification: Sends electronic notification to application users and the email and Internet users.
Work Flow Terminology:
1. Process
2. Item
3. Process Instance
4. Activity
5. Function Activity
6. Notification Activity
7. Prcess Activity
8. Transition
Process: Series of activities to control a document or a transaction is called a process.
Item: We can say item is a document or Transaction like a Purchas Order.
Process Instance: A unique item managed by a process.
Activity: A unit of work performed during a process.
Function Activity: A action defined by a PLSQL program as a stored procedure.
Notification Activity: A unit of work that require human intervention to complete a specific task.
Process Activity: A process that can be modelled as a sub process in another process.
Transition: Shown aa an arrow b/w two activity which denotes completion of one activity and the start of another activity.
