Here you can find a short overview of two of the automation features that documentum offers. It helps you keep in mind the most important differences. In combination with aliases they even can be transferred from one repository to another. For further information please refer to the corresponding documentation.
| Lifecycle | Workflow |
|---|---|
| A lifecycle is what happens to an object. | A workflow is what people do to an object. |
| A lifecycle is a set of linearly connected states. | A workflow is a network of activities. |
| artifact in a Documentum project, to be installed or uninstalled | not implemented as a project. Using Project builder WFs can be changed using a checkin / checkout function. |
| Documentum Composer | Workflow manager and Process Builder, but not in Documentum Composer. |
| instance of dm_policy | instance of dm_process |
| without run-time instances | with run-time instances (When a user starts a workflow, the server uses the definition in the dm_process object to create a runtime instance of the workflow. Runtime instances of a workflow are stored in dm_workflow objects for the duration of the workflow. ) |
| definition states: draft, validated, installed (states that have absolutely nothing to do with the states in the LC which are stored in attributes i_state_no, state_* and others in dm_policy object) | definition states: draft, validated, installed |