Sub Flow Customisation

Sub flows can be applied to customise workflows though this function is for advanced users.

To refresh what sub flows are, please read the topic Sub flows.

Sub flows can customize a workflow in two ways:
  1. A separate sub flow can be created to add operations to an existing workflow.
  2. In an existing workflow certain operations can be regrouped to form a sub flow that is "quarantined" .
    This second process has two definite advantages:
    1. A "quarantined" sub flow can be skipped, replaced by another flow or can itself be integrated intó another flow.

      This is useful because not all users require all workflows to run fully. Some, indeed, have individual needs that they want to see a default workflow implement. The best method then is to group the unnecessary default operations into a sub flow that is then skipped. This process is called hooking and the sub flows are said to be pegged up by hooks

    2. Quarantined/Hooked sub flows can be replaced by others without their host workflow being considered modified and so barred from software updates.

    Hooked sub flows are managed in the Workflow Hooks tab. See Workflow Hooks.