Creating a step chain

If you use the same set of connected steps in many of your workflows, you can create a step chain with those steps to use in your workflows.
To create a step chain:
  • Create a step chain manually:
    1. Click the Workflow tab.
    2. In the left pane, click Step Chains.
    3. Click Add.
    4. Fill in values for all the required fields and click CONTINUE.
    5. In the step chain editor, add and connect the steps you want to use.
    6. To save the step chain, click the menu in the upper left corner and select Save step chain.
    7. To exit the step chain editor, click the X in the upper right corner.
  • Create a step chain from steps in an existing workflow
    1. Click the Workflow tab.
    2. In the left pane, click Workflows.
    3. Open the workflow that contains the steps you want to make into a step chain.
    4. Press the Shift key and drag your mouse to draw a box around the steps you want to include in the step chain.
    5. If you want to remove some steps from the selection or add other steps that cannot be included in the box, use Ctrl click or Shift click to deselect them.
    6. Right-click inside the box to bring up the context menu and select Save as step chain.
    Note:
  • After you create a step chain and place it in a workflow, changes made to that step chain are not applied to the step chain in the workflow.

Related information:

Creating a workflow
Workflow page
Workflow Editor
Hints for using step templates
Supplied step templates
Parent topic: Preparing to use workflows