The Oracle Workflow Builder Release 2.6.3 shipped with Oracle E-Business Suite is compatible with all versions of the Oracle Workflow server embedded in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and Release 11i. However, if you are using the Oracle Workflow Builder with an earlier version of the Oracle Workflow server, you should only use features supported by that server version.

For example, you can create, view, and modify workflow processes that include only Release 2.5 features. The current Oracle Workflow Builder version can upload and download these process definitions to a database with Oracle Workflow Server Release 2.5 installed.

   Using the Release 2.6.3 Oracle Workflow Builder with a Release 2.6 or Higher Server:

If you are using the Release 2.6.3 Oracle Workflow Builder with Oracle Workflow Server Release 2.6 or higher embedded in Oracle E-Business Suite, you can use all currently available features in your workflow processes. You can save these process definitions to the database and open process definitions from the database to view or modify them.

You can also open existing process definitions that were created with a Release 2.5 or earlier Release 2.6 Oracle Workflow Builder and save these process definitions to a database with Oracle Workflow Server Release 2.6 or higher embedded in Oracle E-Business Suite.

   Using the Release 2.6.3 Oracle Workflow Builder with a Release 2.5 Server:

If you are using the Oracle Workflow Builder with Oracle Workflow Server Release 2.5, you must include only Release 2.5 features in your workflow processes. You must not use any of the following new features introduced in Release 2.6:

• Event activities

• Item attributes of type Event

You can open existing process definitions that were created with the Release 2.5 Oracle Workflow Builder, view or modify these process definitions using only Release 2.5 components, and save the definitions to a database with Oracle Workflow Server Release 2.5.

You can also create new workflow processes using only Release 2.5 components. However, the version of the Standard item type used by the Oracle Workflow Builder Release 2.6.3 contains some Release 2.6 components. If you want to save a new process definition to a database with Oracle Workflow Server Release 2.5, perform the following steps:

1. Create your workflow process definition.

2. Force delete the Standard item type from your data store.

3. Force save the process definition to the database with Oracle Workflow Server Release 2.5.

4. Reopen the process definition from the database. The process definition now includes the Release 2.5 version of the Standard item type.