{"id":164569,"date":"2024-08-15T17:08:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T08:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.questetra.com\/developer-blog\/beginner-tutorial-chpt8\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:35:01","slug":"beginner-tutorial-chpt8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.questetra.com\/en\/developer-blog\/beginner-tutorial-chpt8\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 8: Automated Processing in the Middle of a Workflow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Through the previous seven chapters, we have been able to turn a complex workflow into a workflow app. For the next step, chapter 8 explains how to implement tasks that are handled automatically by Questetra in the middle of the workflow. By using auto-processing tasks, you can make your workflow even more efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this chapter, we will create an app that inputs data related to a meeting schedule, formatting the data into a predefined text style, and sending an email to confirm the meeting schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In actual work, it is unlikely that sending an email to another party to confirm the meeting schedule would be the only automated step, but for the sake of explanation, we have made it a simple task here.

Note: With the Advanced and Professional editions, more advanced automation steps can be incorporated into the workflow, such as adding an appointment to Google Calendar and then sending an email to the meeting partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Automatically Aligns Input Data to a Format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let’s create the app in two phases. First, we will create an app with the following workflow diagram that automatically creates text to be sent by email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So now create a new app by selecting [App Settings] > [New App].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edit Workflow Diagram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Place the [Start Event], a [Human Task], an auto-processing task [Update Data], another [Human Task], and an [End Event] in the Swimlane in this order
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    The Auto-Processing task [Update Data] is among icons that appear when you click on the [Auto-Processing Task] icon in the palette
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    (This image is for the Professional Edition)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Rename each object as follows
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