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The Workflow Settings page is displayed. Each workflow has a collection of settings
that you can view and manage via the Workflow Settings page. The page contains
five areas:
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Workflow Information Use this area to change the name and description
of the workflow. This area also displays the workflow type (list, site, or reusable)
and the associated item. When you view a list workflow, the associated
item is the list. When you view a reusable workflow, the associated item is the
content type the workflow is attached to, and when you view a site workflow,
there is no associated item.
Customization This area contains links to the workflow editor and, depending
on the type of workflow, links to the list settings page of the associated
list, task list, or history list.
Settings Use this area to create a new task list or to select a list you want to
use as a task list. You also use this area to create or select a list to be used to
store the history of the workflow. The Settings area for a reusable workflow
can be used to select the language the workflow applies to. When the Show
Workflow Visualization On Status Page option is enabled, the SharePoint status
page in the browser displays a Visio diagram (generated by using Visio
services).
Start Options This area is used differently for each type of workflow. For a
list workflow, use it to allow a workflow to be started manually, automatically
when an item is created, or automatically when an item is changed. For a site
workflow, the list item options are not available, which makes sense because
site workflows don’t operate on the list-item level. The only option available
for a site workflow lets you specify whether to start the workflow manually.
For a reusable workflow, this area allows you to explicitly disable one or more
of the list start options.
Forms This area lists forms used in the workflow.
See Also More information on workflow forms can be found in Chapter 9.
4. If your site was created on an installation that uses the Enterprise edition of
SharePoint Server 2010, in the Settings area, select the Show workflow visualization
on status page check box.
5. In the Start Options area, clear the Allow this workflow to be manually started
check box, and select Start workflow automatically when an item is created.