viflow 8 – help

• Introduction

• General basics
• The viflow editions – blue, silver, gold
• Notes on the viflow help

• Basics and Terms

• The viflow objects
• The viflow file types
• Global and local properties
• Shortcuts in viflow

• Standard Functions

• viflow start – open Process Models
• Open Process Models of previous versions
• Clean up Process Model
• Merging Master Shapes
• Add stencils
• Adjust and position windows
• Find and replace objects and text
• Using custom layouts
• Select objects in the graphic
• Transfer properties of viflow objects
• Create and restore backups
• Restore Process Models
• Deleting viflow objects
• Papierkorb verwenden

• Quick Start – viflow in 10 steps

• Step 1: Before the first start
• Step 2: Create a new Process Model
• Step 3: Create and open processes
• Step 4: The program interface
• Step 5: Model areas
• Step 6: Model processes
• Step 7: Model information
• Step 8: Link files and insert hyperlinks
• Step 9: Create sub-processes
• Step 10: Export as WebModel
• Important functions and settings

• Program Interface

• Overview
• The Main Window (Graphic View)

• The viflow Windows

• Processes
• Information Objects
• Areas
• Overview and other windows

• The viflow Menue Ribbon

• Overview
• Quick Access Toolbar
• "Data" tab
• "View" tab
• "Reports" tab
• "Graphic" tab
• "Insert" tab
• "Design" tab
• "Developer" tab
• "Main Version" tab
• "Version conflicts" / "Graphic conflicts" tab

• "File" tab

• File – Info
• File – New
• File – Open
• File – Save / Save As
• File - Work Online/Offline
• File – Print
• File – Export
• File – Close
• File – News
• File – Help
• File – Exit

• Options

• General
• User Interface
• Language
• Graphics
• Diagnose
• Backup
• Current Process Model

• "Home" tab

• Home – New
• Home – viflow Object
• Home – Clipboard
• Home – Search

• Properties of Objects

• The Properties Window

• Processes and Decisions

• "General" tab
• "Related Information" tab
• "Participants" tab
• "Potentials" tab
• "Key Performance Indicators (KPI)" tab
• "Criteria" tab
• "Management" tab
• "Custom Attributes" tab
• "Drawing" tab
• "Permissions" tab

• Information Objects

• "General" tab
• "Distribution" tab
• "Transmission" tab
• "Criteria" tab
• "Management" tab
• "Control" tab
• "Custom Attributes" tab
• "Drawing" tab
• "Permissions" tab

• Areas

• "General" tab
• "Distribution" tab
• "Related User" tab
• "Criteria" tab
• "Management" tab
• "Custom Attributes" tab
• "Drawing" tab
• "Permissions" tab
• "Groups" tab

• Modeling in viflow

• The viflow Stencil

• Creating viflow Objects

• Creating Processes and Decisions
• Creating Information Objects
• Creating Areas
• Create "Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)"
• Creating Potentials and Measures
• Creating Custom Attributes

• Modeling Process Graphics

• Open process graphic
• Modeling Areas
• Modeling Processes and Decisions
• Modeling Information Objects
• Linking files and insert hyperlinks
• Markers on the viflow Objects
• Customizing Headers aund Footers of Graphics
• Numbering of Processes
• Change drawing sheet size
• Connectors – Connections between Processes

• Modeling Area and Information Objects Grapics

• Modeling Organigrams (Area Graphics)
• Modeling Information Object Graphics

• Customizing the Graphic Template

• The default Graphic Template
• Customizing the Graphic Template
• Activating a customized Graphic Template
• Importing Graphic Templates

• Import Functions

• Import from viflow Process Model
• Import from Visio File
• Import from other Sources

• Export Functions

• Exporting viflow Objects (Processes, Information Objects, Areas)

• Exporting the Process Model

• Export to XML Format
• Export to other Graphic Formats
• Export as WebModel

• Historization and Process Release

• Activating and using Historization
• Automatic Historization
• Manual Historization
• Activate Process Release Workflow
• Perform Process Release Workflow

• Multilingual Modeling

• Translation of the Process Model
• Export for Translation
• Import for Translation
• Creating new Content Languages
• Changing the interface language

• viflow Team Modeling

• General Information and Setup
• Options for Team Modeling

• Variants and Options

• Variants for Team Modeling
• Normal Mode
• Single User Mode

• Draft and Main Version

• Setup and Options
• Synchronization of Draft and Main version

• Reports and Outputs

• Reporting Basics
• Report Properties and Content
• Reports for Processes
• Reports for Information Objects
• Reports for Areas and Users
• Other Reports

• WebModel (HTML Output)

• Open the WebModel
• Compatibility of the WebModel

• Working with the WebModel

• The WebModel Menu Bar
• Customizing the WebModel Cockpit
• The Properties Window in the WebModel
• Navigation in the WebModel
• Open linked Documents/Hyperlinks
• Tips and Tricks
• Printing from the WebModel

• Administration

• Permissions

• General Information
• Types and Possibilities of Permissions
• Inheritance of Permissions