Getting Started Guide

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CREATE A 'HELLO WORLD' WORKFLOW APPLICATION

Open your local Kontinuum website
Login with Username and Password given to you by your Kontinuum Administrator
Select Admin Workflow from the top menu bar
Expand the Workflow folder
Expand the individual folder where you wish to add workflows
Click once on the folder
From the popup menu select Add Workflow

A form will appear in the bottom right frame

Enter the name of the Workflow or Process
Press the Submit button once completed

The tree will now refresh with the new workflow just added

From here you will need the following as a minimum for your workflow to function:
oA Form
oA Subform (Grouping of Questions)
oA Question
Expand the workflow you just created
Click once on the workflow forms folder
From the popup menu select Add Form

A form will appear in the bottom right frame

Enter the Display name for the Form (I.e. Main Contact Details)
Press the Submit button once completed

The tree will now refresh with the new Form just added

Click once on the form you just created
From the popup menu select Add Sub Form

A form will appear in the bottom right frame

Enter the Display name for the Form (e.g. Address Details)
Press the Submit button once completed

The tree will now refresh with the new Sub Form just added

Click once on the Sub Form you just created
From the popup menu select Add Question

A form will appear in the bottom right frame

Press the Submit button to accept the Answer box type Text box

You are now creating a question that will display as a Text box

Enter the Display name for the Question (I.e. Address 1)
Scroll down to the question Data Type
Select VARCHAR from the drop down list
Enter 40 in the Size field to right of Data Type
Place a tick in the Primary Key check box
Press the Submit button once completed

The tree will now refresh with the new Question just added

The form is now ready to be used in a workflow
Click once on the question you just created
From the popup menu select Properties

A form will appear in the bottom right frame

Click on the Preview button to the right of the frame

A window will popup displaying the form just created

Close the popup window to continue designing the workflow
Click once on the form you created
From the popup menu choose the Select option

The screen will refresh and the form you created will be highlighted

Click once on the workflow you created
From the popup menu choose the Design option

The top right frame will refresh with the design window

Click once on the + in the design window

A form will appear in the bottom right frame

Enter, into the Display name field, the name of the step in the workflow (I.e. Customer details)
Click on the Permissions tab
Find a User Type and tick the appropriate permissions for this step
Press the Submit button once completed

The screen will refresh and the form you created will appear in the design window

In the left frame, click once to expand the Workflow Objects folder
Click once to expand the Special Gates folder
Click once on the Stop option
From the popup menu choose the Select option

The screen will refresh and the Stop gate highlighted

Click once to the right of the form you dropped into the design window

The screen will refresh and the Stop gate will now appear to the right of the form

This simple workflow is now complete; all that is required now is to generate the database to store the data
Click once on the Workflow you have just created
From the popup menu choose the Make Tables option

A confirmation will appear in the bottom right frame confirming the database has been created successfully

To start using the workflow, go to Console à Log out
Login with Username and Password given to you by your Kontinuum Administrator
Select New à (Your new Workflow) from the top menu bar

The form you created will appear

Press the Submit button once completed


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