- Open the workflow creation dialog via clicking „New …“ in the Workflow Selection View.
- First, choose one or more services from the list of services by selecting them (Hold CTRL while clicking for multiple services).
- You can choose either only approved services (automatically activated) or services from the list of all services you have read permissions for.
- If you edit an existing workflow or if the wizard has already assigned a structure to the workflow, the checkbox "Keep given services" is automatically activated in order to keep the user from unintentionally resetting the structure. Uncheck this checkbox if you want to use different services. Caution: in this case the link structure and other configuration data of the workflow is lost.
- In the next step, you can order the selected services, duplicate, (i.e. let the service run in another instance a second time) or remove them by selecting them and using the buttons.
- The selected service appears in a service chain with the service description on the next window. If possible, an input and output can be selected from a pull-down menu. This is necessary if the workflow consists of more than one step. By clicking “Clear Assigned Associations”, these connections can be reset.
- Some services offer configuration options. Use the pull-down menus and the buttons to change them.
- In the window for metadata transformation for every step of the workflow, you can defined which input box metadata should be transferred from and which output (result) box metadata should be transferred to .
- If there is more than one choice of input boxes, each output box offers a selection via a drop down menu to choose the input box for the metadata. Use the “Configure …” button to edit the title and the format of the output files. A pop up dialog will open.
- Use “title.append” and “title.prepend” if the output files should be named like the input files with an suffix or prefix.
- The default XSLT stylesheet also allows for the parameters "format.exact" and "title.exact" for a fixed format and title in the metadata.
- When editing the workflow directly (i.e. without the wizard), a user-contributed stylesheet can be used instead.
- Click “Cancel” to remove your changes or “Finish” to save them.
- Finally, select a name for the new workflow and the Project in which it should be saved.
- Use “Finish“ to complete this process.
In the Workflow Selection View, use “New …” to create another workflow or “Edit...” to change an existing one.