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I find the workflow editor almost unusable. We have upwards of 150 approval chains that change constantly. Unlike, say, Visio, it doesn't appear that I can select and copy or move more than one workflow element at a time. So if I want to copy an entire chain, I have to copy each element one by one. Worse, if I want to add a chain in the middle of the flow (I keep them in alphabetical order) I have to click and drag hundreds of elements one at a time to add the new chain. Seems like the editor is half done.
Interestingly, there is an "auto-connect" button, which would imply being able to select two elements to be connected, but that doesn't appear to be possible either.
Am I completely missing how the Editor works? Or if it's really this limited, does anyone know of a third party replacement that works better?
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I have the same question (0)The workflow editor in AX 2012 is really the workflow foundation editor from the .NET framework, with of course some custom stuff specifically for AX. So, I would imagine there are probably third party workflow editors out there for the .NET workflow foundation that could be used instead. The main problem would be to make the integration points with AX work, although I'm sure one could find out from looking at the standard code.
I have not heard of anything ready-made out there that can replace the editor.
The question of course is always, why is your workflow so complicated? I've seen a lot of scenarios, and a lot of times the workflows can be simplified by redesigning the setup, by adding some custom code, or re-evaluating the existing features to make proper use of hierarchies (or creating custom hierarchies), using sub-workflows, etc. If those features are setup correctly (or added by custom code if needed), you should be able to address business changes by making setup changes, not by redoing half your workflow every time.
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