The Basics
Learn the basic concepts and elements behind Fusion Manage.
Site
A site is a specific instance of Fusion Manage. It is this instance that a company customizes and configures for their specific needs. Your site contains all of the items, processes, and people that your company needs to track. An administrator within your company configures and manages the site.
Items
Items are the building blocks of Fusion Manage. An item is a unique data record in a Fusion Manage workspace. An item can be a specific part, an assembly, a person, a task, an organization, an asset, or whatever you are managing. Learn more...
Workspaces
Your site is made up of workspaces. A workspace is a collection of items of the same type, behavior, and properties. A workspace is where you store, view, and work with data items that have the same attributes. Workspaces typically represent logical groupings, such as Items and BOMs, Change Requests, Change Orders, and Project Management. Learn more...
Workflow
Workflow refers to the actions required to complete a process. Workflows control the process of managing workspace items. As an item progresses through the actions in a workflow (transitions), the state of the item in a workflow changes.
A typical workflow action is approval in a process. The workflow states associated with this action would be: 1. Waiting for approval (before the action of approving is performed) and 2. Approved (after the action of approving is performed).
The workflow process begins when you create a workspace item with workflow capabilities and the item enters the initial workflow state. The workflow action that was last performed determines the current workflow state. The current workflow state determines the actions that you can perform next in a workflow.
If a workflow is in a state that requires you to perform an action, you receive an email notification. You can perform a workflow action by opening the Workflow Actions tab in a given workspace.
The process of performing actions and entering states continues until you can perform no further actions, and the workflow process is complete.
You and others who perform specific actions in a workflow process require the appropriate permissions for those actions. Your permissions determine what actions in a workflow you can perform. Learn more...