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Background	Welcome to the Aspen Workflow Admin Guide. This guide is intended for administrators. It documents the workflow data structure, setup of the meta data, and customization.
Architecture	Include information on the database, web server, data structure, server and client configuration as well as security.
Processes	Creation of processes, including tasks, exception sub-process, exception tasks, and task triggering.
Tasks	Creation of tasks, including fields and customizing business logic via javascript.
Fields	A field is a piece of information that needs to be tracked. A field is defined in a row in a table called Field, and represented in a row in a table called MatterField. This enable the workflow system to store and track each nugget of information that enters the system, as well as enabling administrators to expand the system without programming.
Actions	Actions are business rules that are applied automatically by the Aspen Workflow system. Examples of actions include customizing processes for various clients and vendors, automate the sending of emails and reports.
Teams	A Team is a group of people that typically perform similar functions. Every Matter, Process and Task within Aspen Workflow can be assigned to a Team.
People	A Person is an Aspen Workflow user. They are able to log into the Aspen Workflow system, add, update and delete Matters, Process, Tasks, Notes and Documents, subject to security settings. Every Matter, Process and Task within Aspen Workflow can be assigned to a Person. A Person assigned responsibility for maintaining the installation-specific customized aspects of Aspen Workflow is referred to as an Administrator.
Import / Export	Designing import and export routines for integration with Aspen Workflow data structures.
Publications and Subscriptions	Synchronize data with other systems.
Categories	Categories are used to control dropdown lists and generic fields in Aspen Workflow.
System Defaults	System defaults are installation-specific information used to tailor the behavior of Aspen Workflow for a single installation.
Year 2000 Compliance	Aspen Grove certifies Aspen Workflow to be Year 2000 compliant in accordance with the underlying Microsoft products (IIS, MSSQL and NT 4.0)
Training	To aid in understanding the matter, process, task and field tables.
Other	This includes items such as Notes, License Agreements.