Manage Workflow Steps and Workflow Transitions with Minyaa Workflow Designer

How to ... Demonstration in Video
... create Workflow Steps ?
  • Click on the Plus icon of the Workflow Root
  • Select Create new Step menu item
  • Enter Name,
  • Specify the linked Status by

    • Selecting an existing Status
    • Or defining a new Status


  • Validate ... a new Step will created and displayed in the middle of the graph.
... create a Step Transition between Steps ?
  • Click on the Chain icon of the Originating Step
  • Select Link to or Reuse Common Transition menu item
  • Select the Destination Step
  • Enter Name and Description and validate
Details :
  • You are not able to create directly 2 Step Transitions having the same Originating Step.
  • You are able to select the Originating Step as Destination Step. See below Recursive Transitions
... re-attach a Transition to another Destination Step ?
  • Click on the Chain icon of any Transition
  • Select Link to menu item
  • Select the Destination Step
Details :
  • You are only able to select Step as Destination Step .
  • You are able to select the Originating Step as Destination Step.
... reuse an existing Transition to link 2 Steps ?
  • Click on the Chain icon of the Originating Step
  • Select Link to or Reuse Common Transition menu item
  • Select an existing Step Transition or Common Transition
Details :
  • You are not able to select a Step Transition having the same Originating Step.
  • You are not able to select a Global Transition.
  • If you select a Step Transition, it will be qualified as Common Transition.
... create a Recursive Transition ?

You have first to be aware with the definition of Recursive Transition.

If you need an explicit Recursive Transition, then see above.

To Create implicit Recursive Transition, process as follow ...
  • Click on the Chain icon of the Originating Step
  • Select Link to itself menu item
Details :
  • A new Step Transition is created assuming implicitly the Originating Step as Destination Step.
  • You will be able to reuse the created Step Transition (then qualified as Common Transition).
... remove Transition links ?

Different ways are provided to remove Transition Links :
  • by deleting the Transition
  • by detaching any links of a Common Transition
Details :
  • Only links to a Common Transition can be removed,
  • Links To Global Transition can not be removed, they are implicit,
  • Links From Global Transition can only be replaced by another (see Re-attach Transition ),
  • All links to a Common Transition can be deleted without deleting the Transition,
... define Global Transition ? Minyaa allows you to define Global Transitions by changing the transition type for Step Transition and Common Transotions. See