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==Overview==
Workflows are a powerful way for adapting {{UBIK}} to any needs. They can be used as a replacement for the traditional way of customizing using code, or simply as an additional option to achieve a desired behavior.

==What is it?==
A workflow is a series of distinct programming steps or phases, where each step is modeled as an Activity. Such activities can be assembled visually into workflows using the [[Workflow Designer]], a design surface that runs within various components of {{UBIK}} Studio.

==When to use?==
This question isn't easily answered. In fact it is completely up to the user to draw the border between coding and workflows, or to draw a border at all, and one would most likely achieve the same results using either technique. However, here are some recommendations that might be helpful in picking the right turn:

===Use coding for...===
* resulting behavior that is quite static and doesn't change a lot over time
* very complex tasks
* tasks where performance and resource consumption is an issue

===Use workflows for...===
* business logic
* dynamic tasks with ever changing parameters, where traceability is an issue
* potentially long running tasks that will require persistence

==See also==
[[Workflow Editor]]
[[Workflow Designer]]
[[Debugger|Code- and Workflow Debugger]]

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 ==Implementation in {{UBIK}}==
-{{UBIK}} uses a dedicated class type for managing workflows, the [[WORKFLOW|System MetaClass Workflow]]. Each [[Instance|instance]] of this MetaClass represents a distinct workflow and holds the actual definition of the workflow as serialized [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Application_Markup_Language XAML] code.
+{{UBIK}} uses a dedicated class type for managing workflows, the [[WORKFLOW|MetaClass Workflow]]. Each [[Instance|instance]] of this MetaClass represents a distinct workflow and holds the actual definition of the workflow as serialized [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Application_Markup_Language XAML] code.
 Unlike coded customizing, workflows are not compiled when deploying a new {{UBIK}} customizing version, but are always interpreted at runtime.

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	Workflows are a powerful way for adapting {{UBIK}} to any needs. They can be used as a replacement for the traditional way of customizing using code, or simply as an additional option to achieve a desired behavior.		Workflows are a powerful way for adapting {{UBIK}} to any needs. They can be used as a replacement for the traditional way of customizing using code, or simply as an additional option to achieve a desired behavior.

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 ===Use workflows for...===
 * business logic
-* dynamic tasks with ever changing parameters, where traceability is an issue
+* dynamic tasks
 * potentially long running tasks that will require persistence
 ==See also==

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 ==See also==
-[[Workflow Editor]]
+* [[Workflow Editor]]
-[[Workflow Designer]]
+* [[Workflow Designer]]
-[[Debugger|Code- and Workflow Debugger]]
+* [[Debugger|Code- and Workflow Debugger]]