Edit workflow topology with graph step nodes
Goal: change how an existing workflow moves from one step to the next while keeping the graph view focused on the topology you are editing.
- Open Start -> Workflows, search for the existing workflow, and open its workflow definition node.
- To rename the existing workflow, open the workflow definition node's full view/panel and edit its workflow name field. The Workflows root Workflow name field only names a workflow while creating it with New Workflow.
- Open a workflow definition node. Use Open Steps to browse or reveal steps. Use Open Runs to browse past runs. The definition preview stays focused on starting the workflow and creating steps.
- From
workflow-step-explorer:<definition-id>, use step search to reveal one step that you know belongs near the change. The graph materializes only that workflow-step node. - Use Reveal All Steps from the step explorer when you need the visual topology. Space materializes all steps for the definition and the visible workflow-derived edges between them.
- Connect compatible workflow-step nodes in the graph to create canonical workflow edges. The graph edge is the editing gesture; the workflow store remains the owner of the real workflow topology.
- Remove an authored step edge from the graph to remove the corresponding canonical workflow edge. Do this deliberately, because edge removal changes the workflow's execution path.
- To delete a workflow step from the workflow definition, open that workflow-step node and choose Delete Step. This removes the step and its dependent workflow edges from the workflow definition, then removes the visible step node and visible edges touching it from the current graph map.
- Removing a node from the graph map only hides it from the current map; it does not delete the workflow step from the workflow definition. Use Delete Step for the domain deletion.
- Delete Step keeps the linked code entity as a separate code artifact for now. Delete or archive code artifacts separately when that workflow is designed.
- When a topology change requires a code change, open the affected step node and choose Show Code. Edit the linked code node in its code view.
- Check the visible derived workflow edges after each change. They should match the current workflow topology and omit stale paths you removed.
You are done when the graph's step nodes and visible workflow edges show the execution order you intend, and the linked code nodes contain any matching step edits.