Parallel and Common Transitions

Parallel and Common Transitions

Parallel Transitions 

Some workflows require multiple transitions before they can move to the next stage. For example, when a customer purchases your product, several teams might be involved in processing the order, such as Finance, Legal, and Sales. The purchase can only be completed after the order is approved by all these teams. 



Here, all three transitions— Generate finance invoice ,  Generate legal agreement , and  Generate sale closure document—need to be executed before the workflow can progress to the next stage. But there are no constraints in the order in which the transitions are executed.
 
If your business case requires more than one transition for a single stage to progress, you can use parallel transitions. 

Create a parallel transition

  1. Navigate to   and select  Blueprint from the left panel.
  2. Select an existing blueprint or create a new one.  Learn how to create a blueprint. 
  3. Mouse over a transition name and click   to view a pop-up.
  4. Enable the button next to  Parallel Transition .
  5. Enter the transition name and click  Save . 
    1. To add more parallel transitions click  Add .
  6. Publish  the blueprint.


Note : 
  1. You can add up to four parallel transitions between two stages. 
  2. Only one set of parallel transitions can be created between two stages.
  3. Only two sets of parallel transitions are allowed from the same stage.

Convert independent transitions to parallel transitions

You can only create one set of parallel transitions between two stages but any number of independent transitions can be created. You can also convert independent transitions into parallel transitions. 
 
  1. Mouse over an existing parallel transition and click    to view a pop-up.
  2. Click  Associate .
  3. Choose the required independent transition names from the dropdown. 
  4. Publish the blueprint.
 
The selected transitions will be added to the existing parallel transitions.

Note:  To convert parallel transitions into independent transitions, disable the button next to  Parallel Transition . 

Business Scenarios 

Case 1: 
Helen is searching for an optimum solution to speed up employee onboarding in her organization. The process requires multiple transitions to be carried out by different teams at once. Helen executes parallel transitions to solve her business case. 



Each transition can be associated with a specific team. Here, the transition  Initiate bank account is assigned to the Finance team,  Initiate insurance plan is assigned to the Insurance team, and  Request email account is assigned to the HR team.
 
When hiring a candidate, a new job is created. When this job reaches the stage  Process initiated , the associated parallel transitions will be visible to the assigned teams. The job can only move to the next stage when all three parallel transitions are completed.


Case 2: 
Steve is automating the organization’s employee exit process. When a user initiates the exit process, the parallel transitions are triggered. Steve also adds an independent transition named  Emergency Termination to handle rare emergency terminations.



When a job is mapped to this blueprint, the user can either perform all the parallel transitions or perform the independent transition to move to the next stage. 

Common Transition

A transition that can be accessed from multiple stages in a blueprint is called a common transition. 
 
To create a common transition:
  1. Navigate to     and select  Blueprint from the left panel.
  2. Select an existing blueprint or create a new one.  Learn how to create a blueprint. 
  3. Mouse over a transition name and click    to view a pop-up. Enable the button next to  Common Transition . 
  4. Select the stages that can pass through the common transition from the dropdown.
  5. Publish the blueprint. 



Note:
  1. A parallel transition cannot be a common transition.
  2. Stages associated with a common transition cannot be deleted unless the transition is rerouted. 


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