Workflow overview
| REQUIREMENTS | |
| Permission | Operation administrator and higher |
| Connectivity | Online and partial offline |
This document describes the purpose and use of workflows in the InfoEx system.
Background
Workflows are a brand new feature of the InfoEx application. The goal of workflows is to allow subscribers to better integrate the InfoEx into their existing operational hazard assessment routines. Furthermore, workflows also provides the foundation for expanding the InfoEx system to a comprehensive operational data system in the future.
Some of the key tasks avalanche safety operations perform on a regular bases include:
- Entering observations
- Viewing InfoEx reports
- Viewing websites
- Keeping track of the current snowpack structure and relevant PWLs
- Assessing avalanche hazard
- Making an operation plan
While all avalanche safety operations perform the above activities in some form, the particular details and the sequence in which these tasks are executed vary from operation to operation.
The InfoEx application supports most of the above activities with a related workflow module that has been designed to assist avalanche professionals in performing the particular task and efficiently exchanging any associated information through the InfoEx. See Workflow Module Overview for more details on the available workflow modules.
Users with Operation Administrator permissions can create workflows that consist of customized sequences of the available workflow modules. This allows you to tailor the InfoEx experience to the particular needs of your operation.
Examples of typical workflows that include data submission to the InfoEx are:
- AM guides meeting
- Entering the lodge weather (Observation module)
- Viewing the InfoEx report (Report module)
- Viewing a weather forecast product on the Internet (Website module)
- Discussing the current structure of the local snowpack and status of relevant PWLs (Snowpack module)
- Identifying the current avalanche problems and assessing the overall avalanche hazard for the operation (Hazard assessment modules)
- Submitting the observations and assessments to the InfoEx
- PM guides meeting
- Entering and reviewing observations that have been taken during the day
- Updating the structure of the local snowpack and status of PWLs (Snowpack module)
- Reviewing the current avalanche problems and overall avalanche hazard for the operation (Hazard assessment modules)
- Checking out the weather forecast for the next day (Website module)
- Submitting the observations and assessments to the InfoEx
It is also possible to create convenience workflows for data viewing that only contain a series of InfoEx reports (Report module) and webpages (Webpage module).
Details of: Workflow purpose and use
Workflows can be used in two basic ways:
| 1. | To retrieve specified information for viewing.
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| 2. | To submit information, in a guided process, that will be available for other users. Users have the option of sharing the information within their operation, or forwarding the information to the infoEx server and hence the entire infoEx community.
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Related documents
Workflow administration
Workflow modules
- Module with data submission
- Modules without data submission
Using workflows
Functionality tested by
- Nov. 15, 2013: John Kelly
