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title: Workflow Components
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A Workflow consists of a work item progressing from draft state toward approval, with a built-in loop for cancellation. In this Workflow example, most States have 1 or 2 possible Transitions.

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The following are the basic Workflow components:

# States and Transitions

At minimum, a Workflow consists of States and Transitions. An artifact moves from State to State via Transitions.

A State can have one or more incoming Transitions, and one or more outgoing Transitions.

# Triggers

Triggers are based on events that happen as the Workflow progresses. What these are depends on what kind of process the Workflow represents.

A Transition itself can be a trigger.

# Actions

Actions are triggered after an event condition has been met. This action could be, for example, sending a notification email to relevant stakeholders about a change to an artifact's State.

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The above are basic descriptions. For a complete listing, see [Workflow XML Reference](docId\:C3sPs_3BTruS1dn2IfLOk).
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