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Feature Request FR-3834
Product Area Workflow
Status CLOSED

9 Voters

Workflow - Swimlane component

richard.baldogi Public · Jun 10 2024

Idea Summary
In order to make complex workflows visually cleaner and separable, a Swimlane component should be introduced.

Use Case
Whenever the developer creates complex workflows.

Preferred Solution (Optional)
By putting a new menu called “Helpers” beside the activites where the Swimlane component can be found. 

The component settings should include the following:

  • Type: Vertical or Horizontal Swimlane
  • Color of the header 
  • Optional: Setting an NxN times Swimlane table by having some attributes like: No. of Rows and No. of Columns
  • Optional: Some indicators which helps to see in which direction does the workflow executes.

We reviewed this idea carefully, and while it was interesting, we concluded that it is unlikely to make its way into APEX in the foreseeable future.

Comments

Comments

  • ralf.mueller APEX Team OP 10 months ago

    Hi @richard.baldogi , thanks for posting the idea. What you are visualizing above is the style of BPMN 2.0 which we do not implement in APEX Workflow. Having said that, we see the need to better structure a workflow across organizational resp. responsibility boundaries and offer some visualization for it. The swim lane concept however is too static for the direction where we want to take APEX Workflow. So we're putting this on our thought list for now. 

    Regards,

    Ralf