Glossary:Alternate path

alternate path, Alternate Path

A set of actions that lead your business process to a resolution in a scenario that is different from a default, primary path. You create alternate paths when your business process might result in more than one outcome.

For example, in the process of hiring a new employee, a default path results in accepting a candidate. For better flexibility of your application, create an alternate path that the case follows after rejecting a candidate. As a result, you ensure that your cases can be resolved in many dynamically changing scenarios.

A set of actions that lead your business process to a resolution in a scenario that is different from a default, primary path. You create alternate paths when your business process might result in more than one outcome. For example, in the process of hiring a new employee, a default path results in accepting a candidate. For better flexibility of your application, create an alternate path that the case follows after rejecting a candidate. As a result, you ensure that your cases can be resolved in many dynamically changing scenarios.

A set of actions that lead your business process to a resolution in a scenario that is different from a default, primary path. You create alternate paths when your business process might result in more than one outcome. For example, in the process of hiring a new employee, a default path results in accepting a candidate. For better flexibility of your application, create an alternate path that the case follows after rejecting a candidate. As a result, you ensure that your cases can be resolved in many dynamically changing scenarios.

(Deprecated) A configuration of panels (areas) in a harness that support a composite portal. Existing panel sets continue to function. As a best practice, upgrade panel sets to screen layouts.

The act of closing a case by recording in the properties that work is complete.

As a case advances through a flow, information stored in its properties becomes more complete through user input and automatic processing. When the work for a case is complete, the case is marked as "resolved", or "closed".

A set of actions that your business process follows to reach an expected goal. For example, in a hiring a job candidate process, you can create a primary path that starts with collecting documents from a candidate, goes through a job interview and a background check, and finishes with approving the candidate. Creating a primary path helps you define the order in which your business process moves most often towards resolution, and model the process in a way that most precisely matches your work. To ensure that you can resolve work in different scenarios, create alternate paths.

A business solution that automates workflows in your organization. Multiple, unrelated applications can be hosted in the same system. You create an application by running the New Application wizard.