Create new Workflow

To create a new workflow, use the workflow repository and click on plus symbol

For creating a new workflow model, you can define the following properties:

Build AI: Generate Workflow with Klara (Experimental)

How to Use Workflow Generation

When creating a new workflow, you can use Klara to generate an initial workflow structure:

1. Open Klara: After creating a new workflow, the AI chat interface appears in the Workflow Designer on the left side
2. Answer Questions: Klara prompts you with questions about your workflow requirements. Answer each question in your own words to describe the purpose, involved roles, data and external systems, and key steps and decision points.
3. Generate Workflow: After answering the questions, click the send button to create your workflow
4. Review and Refine: Klara generates a workflow structure that you can then manually edit and customize

Starting Over with Workflow Generation

You can restart the workflow generation process at any time to create a new workflow structure from scratch. This is useful when:

• Your requirements have changed significantly
• You want to explore a different approach to your workflow design
• The initial generation needs substantial restructuring

To start over, simply return to Klara and begin the generation process again.

Reusing Your Previous Answers

When you restart the generation process, Klara automatically remembers your previous answers. This convenient feature allows you to:

• Review answers from your earlier session
• Make incremental changes to refine your workflow specification
• Collaborate with team members who can see and build upon previous answers

Previous answers are automatically prefilled in the chat interface. You can edit them as needed before generating the new version of the workflow, or provide completely new answers if you prefer to start fresh.

What Gets Generated

Klara can currently generate:

• Workflow Structure: Start and Stop activities connected in a logical flow through other activities
• User Tasks: Manual tasks that require human interaction, complete with meaningful names and descriptions
• Conditions: Decision points that control the flow
• Task Placeholders: “I decide later” tasks that you can transform into specific task types
• Workflow Layout: Activities arranged on the canvas with proper connections

All generated content uses the default language configured for your workflow.

Current Limitations

Please be aware of the following limitations in the current experimental version:

• Editing Workflows: Klara can only generate new workflows. Editing existing workflows with AI is not yet supported
• Task Configuration: While Klara generates task structures, detailed configuration (such as Business Object assignments for automated tasks, user group assignments, or notification recipients) must be completed manually
• Language Support: Workflow generation is optimized for workflows with English or German as the default language. Translations to additional languages are not yet done automatically.
• Advanced Features: The following are not yet automatically generated:
  • Outcomes for activities (must be added manually)
  • Variables and data flows (must be defined manually)
  • Automated task configurations (Business Objects / Connectors)
  • Notification task details (recipients, email templates)
  • Configuration of conditions
  • Parallel workflow splits

Final Notes

• Generated workflows provide a starting point and typically require manual refinement to meet your specific requirements
• Always review the generated workflow structure carefully before deploying to production
• Klara uses your workflow specification answers to determine the appropriate structure, but results may vary
• You can regenerate workflows as many times as needed by restarting the generation process
• Translation of generated workflows is supported through the standard Workflow Translation Editor

Design Workflow

Every Workflow starts with a emtpy start activity.

You can drag more activities from left to right in to the canvas:

The Start Activity allows you to start the workflow with or without variables.

You can optional define an outcome to set a status from the very first beginning.

The Task “I decide later!” is the ideal companion if it comes to ideation workshops with your clients.

You have the possibility to transform the task via property settings to automated or user task.

Human Task are manual task that should be processed by an human / enduser.  The task can claimed only by assigned User Group and is accessible via Simplifier Launchpad.

Automated Taks are executed automatically in the background by simplifier workflow runtime.  The task can use existing business object or connector calls to transfer data from or into the workflow variables to a existing data source / backend system.

Notification Task informs a person or group via email and mobile push.

The Condition Activity allows you to evaluate a variable, outcome or constant against another variable, outcome or constant value. If the condition is true, the flow will follow the green output,  if it false, the flow will follow the red one.

The Stop  Activity ends the workflow and set it ready for archiving. You can define multiple ends. Every Stop Activity can set a final outcome of the workflow.

Working with Variables and Outcomes

You can read further documentation about the workflow status and data handling with variables and outcomes here.