Tech Support > Microsoft Windows > Windows CRM > Workflow Rules Priority
Workflow Rules Priority
Posted by Kat on April 7th, 2005


I have 2 main questions:

1. Is there any way to prioritize which workflow rules
to use first?

I set up 2 workflow rules:
a. assign cases to User1 based on account = 'ABC'
b. assign cases with priority = 'critical' to a queue
called "HOT"

When I created a case with account name = "ABC" and
priority = 'critical', Workflow routed this case to User1
when I wanted it to go to the "HOT" queue.

In Workflow manager, I have use the "Set order" arrows on
the right to move my rules to the right orders
accordingly. However, it doesn't seem to work based on
the order I have set. Am I doing anything wrong?

2. I go into that new case I just created, go to
Action>Assign. I see the workflow rules show up in
alphabetically order and the 1st rule is selected. How
can I tell which rule it's using since the first rule is
always chosen alphabetically in the list?

I would appreciate if you can shed some lights on this.
I'm pretty confused.

Thank you!
Kat

Posted by Matt Parks on April 8th, 2005


Ket,

Workflow rules can be "prioritized" by sequencing them in the workflow manager
screen. However, be aware that you will also need to add a check in the other
rule to not process "hot" records as both will actually fire.

Matt Parks
MVP - Microsoft CRM

----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:31:10 -0700, Kat <Kat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I have 2 main questions:

1. Is there any way to prioritize which workflow rules
to use first?

I set up 2 workflow rules:
a. assign cases to User1 based on account = 'ABC'
b. assign cases with priority = 'critical' to a queue
called "HOT"

When I created a case with account name = "ABC" and
priority = 'critical', Workflow routed this case to User1
when I wanted it to go to the "HOT" queue.

In Workflow manager, I have use the "Set order" arrows on
the right to move my rules to the right orders
accordingly. However, it doesn't seem to work based on
the order I have set. Am I doing anything wrong?

2. I go into that new case I just created, go to
Action>Assign. I see the workflow rules show up in
alphabetically order and the 1st rule is selected. How
can I tell which rule it's using since the first rule is
always chosen alphabetically in the list?

I would appreciate if you can shed some lights on this.
I'm pretty confused.

Thank you!
Kat


Similar Posts