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# Workflow management

# Workflow management {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Yokohama  
Updated January 30, 2025  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read  
Create, edit, validate, and publish workflows to automate multi-step processes across
the platform. Understand workflow activities and variables and how to use them effectively. Take a
deeper look at how workflows are constructed, validated, and used.
* **[Create a workflow](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/BhLP2UYxpMXx5w_HJ7KihA)**   
  Automate a multi-step process by creating a workflow with the Workflow Editor.
* **[Work on workflows](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/3h3anJpXK3KiutGhqH4BOg#work-on-workflows)**   
  To complete a workflow, you add workflow activities, validate the workflow, and publish it.
* **[Workflows used as subflows](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/sbfwJWp58w3cUMwgBO_x1g)**   
  A workflow can launch another workflow as an activity.
* **[Using variables in a workflow](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/cJ1H6NJSNcXLB6Vt~Ju2IA#c_UsingVariablesInAWorkflow)**   
  Within workflow there are several different types of variables that are available.
* **[Workflow catalog variables](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/wIEYG_pY5EuB6YomMoQ_Vw#c_WorkflowCatalogVariables)**   
  Workflows that are associated with the Requested Item \[sc_req_item\] table have a specific type of workflow input.
* **[Workflow events](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/~VsF8S~ZqvtNNDzFrzeSeQ)**   
  The system employs two types of events: registered platform events and workflow events.
* **[Workflow stages](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/iZ1VF1mMMx0eGHM0qMswOg)**   
  Workflows can indicate workflow progress by updating any field designated as a stage field.
* **[Workflow validation](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ZZL4KWSHpaRX8X26zyWIBw)**   
  Workflow validation examines different characteristics of a workflow to locate issues that might prevent the workflow from being published or cause it to fail. The validation report summarizes the results of each separate workflow validation.