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3. Click the Comments tab.4. Add a comment.a. On the Actions toolbar, click New Article Comment.b. In the Comment on This Article dialog box, in the Comment Title box, type a title foryour comment.c. In the blank box, type your comment, and then click OK.5. Delete a comment.a. In the list of comments, select the comment you want to delete.b. On the Actions toolbar, click the Delete button , and then click OK.6. Click Save or Save and Close.Creating WorkflowsCreating and Using WorkflowsYou can automate business processes by creating workflows and applying them to records or allowing MicrosoftDynamics CRM to apply them automatically. By using workflows to automate your business processes, you can:Ensure consistency in how records are handled.Ensure consistency in the information that is stored in your organization's Microsoft Dynamics CRMdatabase.Allow people in your organization to focus on growing your business instead of performing repetitivetasks.If you have the System Administrator or System Customizer security role, you have the necessary permissions to createworkflows that can affect records throughout your organization's implementation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. However,even if you do not have one of these security roles, you can still create workflows that affect the records that you own.Three ways to create workflowsThere are three ways that you can add workflows to your implementation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM:Create workflows by using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web application. You can create workflowsand workflow templates in the Settings area.Create custom workflows and custom workflow actions by using the information that is available in theMicrosoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Software Development Kit. For more information, refer to the MicrosoftDynamics CRM 4.0 Software Development Kit.Purchase custom workflows or custom workflow actions from third-party vendors who developsolutions that are compatible with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. For more information about how tointegrate a third-party workflow or workflow action, contact the vendor.Creating workflows by using the Web applicationThere are four basic steps to creating a workflow by using the Web application:1. Create an empty workflow or use a workflow template to create the workflow.2. Specify the workflow properties.3. Add conditions, workflow actions, and other elements that define your workflow logic.4. Publish the workflow.220 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 User’s Guide
Using workflowsYou use workflows by either applying an on-demand workflow yourself or by specifying when Microsoft Dynamics CRMshould start an automatic workflow for you.Workflow LifecycleIf you want to use workflows to automate your business processes, it is important to understand the lifecycle of aworkflow, from creation and publication through monitoring the workflow jobs created by the workflow.Creating workflowsThere are four basic steps to creating a workflow by using the Web application:1. Create an empty workflow or use a workflow template to create the workflow.2. Specify the workflow properties.3. Add conditions, workflow actions, and other elements that define your workflow logic.4. Publish the workflow.More information:Work with WorkflowsWorkflow StructurePublishing workflowsBefore you can use the workflow you have created, you must publish it. Publishing a workflow changes its status fromDraft to Published. Depending on the type of workflow you created, publishing a workflow also makes it available foruse in various contexts:If you have created an automatic workflow, the workflow starts to run when the criteria defined in itsconditions are met.If you have created an on-demand workflow, the workflow becomes available to you and other usersfrom Microsoft Dynamics CRM menus and toolbars.If you have created a child workflow, the workflow becomes available to be started from within otherworkflows.You can make a single workflow available in any combination of these three contexts.Monitoring workflow jobsWhenever the criteria defined in a workflow are met, or you decide to apply an on-demand workflow to a record,Microsoft Dynamics CRM creates a workflow job. By monitoring the workflow jobs created by a workflow, you can checkprogress and make sure that there have been no problems with the workflow, or its workflow jobs.Workflow StructureAll workflows in Microsoft Dynamics CRM are a combination of workflow properties and workflow logic. Workflowproperties and workflow logic form the structure of each workflow record.Workflow propertiesWorkflows include a number of options and settings, called workflow properties that are required as part of anyworkflow in Microsoft Dynamics CRM.At a minimum, each workflow requires the following properties:Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 User’s Guide 221
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Table of ContentsChapter 1: Getting
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Chapter 3: Marketing ..............
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Chapter 1: Getting StartedThis chap
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Customer Service ManagementThe Cust
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Information in the Resource Center
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ToPressMove to the next option or o
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utton .Use an asterisk (* ) as a wi
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CustomerYou must click the Lookup b
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Attach a fileCan I do this task?Thi
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use Track in CRM.Copy a shortcut. O
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width (in pixels) that you want, an
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Notes and attachmentsYou can delete
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share the.RDL file with the report
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DueIf you are not sending your e-ma
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Increasing Your EfficiencyPersonali
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Work with OpportunitiesOpportunitie
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Running CampaignsPlanning Campaigns
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Chapter 4: ServiceThis chapter expl
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Chapter 5: Microsoft Dynamics CRM f
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