About Workflow

Sintel Forms contains a simple but powerful workflow engine that can be used to implement pretty much any business process. The workflow engine uses Statuses and Actions and is designed around the concept that at any point in time, a form can have a specific status and to transition out of that status someone needs to complete an action.

External users (users who are not in your tenant) can participate in your workflow process as long as you configure your form to permit this. In this case, they will need to enter their name and their email address and they will be able to complete actions just like an internal user in your tenant.

The workflow engine within Sintel forms contains 5 key components:

1. Statuses
   These are the states a form can be in at any point in time.
2. Actions
   These are the options that will appear on the form under the “Actions” drop-down that will allow users to move the form from one status to another. They can be displayed at the top or the bottom of the form or as buttons directly one the form. You can choose any combination you need.
3. Quorum
   This controls how many individual people must complete an action before it is considered complete and moves the form to the next status.
4. Confirmation (optional)
   These settings allow defining how the user will confirm the action that is willing to take.
5. Email Notifications (optional)
   These can be configured on both Statuses and Actions allowing users to be notified when a form changes status or when they are assigned actions.

More information about Statuses.

More information about Actions.

More information about Email.