# Using the Administration Console

# Configuring Workflow Modules

The following sections describe workflow modules and describe how to configure them through the RFID Edge Server Administration Console.

- Overview of RFID Workflow Modules
- Configuring Workflow Modules

## Overview of RFID Workflow Modules

Workflows coordinate the receipt of RFID data with other kinds of device input and output, and use the Electronic Product Code Information Service (EPCIS) interface to communicate to enterprise applications. Often, workflow applications interact with users through stack lights, LEDs, and Console UIs. A workflow provides business context—it integrates raw RFID data into one step of an operational business process.

Workflows are constructed from workflow modules, user-configurable building blocks used to create workflows in the WebLogic RFID Edge Server. A module takes input messages (event cycle reports or output from other modules), and emits workflow messages according to embedded business logic.

To configure workflows, you configure the ECSpec whose reports provide input to the workflow, then configure each module used in the workflow. See Configuring and Using Workflows and Workflow Module Reference in Workflow Reference.

## Configuring Workflow Modules

This section describes using the Administration Console to configure workflow modules:

1. In the left pane of the Console, expand an Edge Server node.
2. Under that Edge Server, select Workflow Modules.
3. Choose the type of operation to perform:

1. To define a new module, click New.
2. To create a copy of an existing module, select the module and click Clone.
3. To edit an existing module, select the module and click Edit.
4. To delete an existing module, select the module and click Delete.

4. Give the module you are creating a unique Module Name.
5. Choose the Module Type from the drop-down list.
6. Configure the workflow module by filling in values for the fields according to the information provided in Workflow Module Reference in Workflow Reference.
7. Click OK.