Add parallel activity execution capabilities to workflow

jan-peter.meyer2 Public · Dec 6 2023

Idea Summary
At this time it does not seem possible to model parallel executions in APEX workflow.
In Flows for APEX parallel gateways are used to enable multiple activities in parallel and then wait for all parallel paths to be completed before continuing with further activities.

Use Case
Any time, when more than one activity could be performed in parallel (e.g. 2 approvals or actions by different roles).

Preferred Solution (Optional)
The model could be designed using parallel gateways as in Flows for APEX.

This is planned for a future APEX release.

Known duplicates

FR-3952: FR-3952 Support for Parallel Executions of Activities in APEX Workflow

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ralf.mueller APEX Team OP 1.5 years ago

This feature is on our roadmap.
sohil.darshan OP 7 months ago

Any update on this feature request?
ralf.mueller APEX Team OP 7 months ago

Hi @sohil.darshan ,

we are actively working on it.

Regards,

Ralf
sonia.varendrababu OP 3 months ago

Hi team,

Any update on the parallel processing, please update.

Thanks.

Sonia V.
sohil.darshan OP 3 months ago

Hi @sonia.varendrababu,

I have implemented a workaround using below blog post:

https://blogs.oracle.com/apex/post/custom-plugins-for-non-sequential-steps-in-apex-workflow

Kind Regards,

Sohilkumar Bhavsar.
ronak.sajal OP 2 months ago

@sohil.darshan Thanks for your blog, we tried it. but the initiator and workflow ID is not getting populated with proper value. Any insight will be appreciated.

Thanks, Ronak
sohil.darshan OP 2 months ago
Hi @ronak.sajal,

Workflow ID is not populating for me as well for manually created Tasks but I am using p_detail_pk parameter in the CREATE_TASK Function.

I found an Idea submitted for the same and forum post:
- https://apex.oracle.com/ideas/FR-4177
- https://forums.oracle.com/ords/apexds/post/creating-workflow-task-programmatically-4397
If you have upgraded to APEX 24.2 then there is a new activity called Invoke Workflow and new Package called APEX_HUMAN_TASK, check if that will be useful instead of implementing Custom Plugin.
- New in APEX 24.2 - Workflow within workflow, OUT parameters, copying workflows and more!
- APEX_HUMAN_TASK.CREATE_TASK
Kind Regards,

Sohilkumar Bhavsar.

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Add parallel activity execution capabilities to workflow

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