Login & Startpage
Login and password
Structure of SmartProcess
Customize start page
Elements on the start page
Customize main menu
Full text search
Workflows and Cases
Create Workflows
Workflow objects
Workflow object: Task
Workflow object: Decision
Workflow object: Forward case
Workflow object: Send e-mail
Workflow object: Start, intermediate and end event
Workflow object: Timer
Workflow object: Parallel gateway
Workflow object: Sub-Process
Workflow object: Incoming message
Workflow object: Send form via e-mail
Workflow object: Service/Export
Form designer
Form fields
General field properties
Field: Text / List without multiple selection
Field: Multiple selection list
Field: Multirow text
Field: Multirow formatable text
Field: Number
Field: Date
Field: Date / Time
Field: Function-Fied
Field: Contact selection
Field: Field group
Field: Catalog fields
Field: Data source for processes and documents
Field: Process and Document fields
Field: Wiki
Field: Free input
The form designer
Workflow basics
Process model of a workflow
Workflow Settings
Rights workflow participants
General placeholders for Word reports in workflows
Case processing
Workflow-Applications
Processes
Menu structure & terms
Process modelling
Process objects
Overview: BPMN objects
Object: Task
Object: Sub-Process
Object: Connectors
Object: Events
Object: Gateways
Object: Pool & Swimlane
Object: Artifacts in general
Object: Artifacts IT System, Resource
Object: Data object Input / Output, Adjacent process
Object: Artifacts KPI, Risk, Control, Opportunity
Object: Artifact Related document
Additional modelling objects
User-defined images as modeling objects
The process designer
Create process groups & processes
Formatting and positioning objects
Reuse & copy objects
Process details
List: Details
User-defined fields
List: Actions
List: Documents
Lists: Terms and abbreviations / Requirements
Lists: Indicator (KPI), Risks, Opportunities
List: Process participants
Process description
Publication and access rights
State and version
Publication of processes / documents
Validity
Read and edit access
Read confirmation
Knowledge questions for read confirmation
Additional features for processes
Documents
Documents - menu structure
Create documents
Document details
Edit files directly in Office
Properties and Placeholders in Word files
Documents - State, version, publication and validity
Organization chart
Reporting
Reporting menu
Reporting for processes and documents
Reporting for cases
Saved reports
Share reports
Excel Report Designer (Additional module)
Catalogs
Settings
Users, permissions & organizational units
Authorization profiles
Introduction authorization profiles
Authorization profile - Tab Workflows / Cases
Authorization profile - Tab Processes
Authorization profile - Tab Documents
Authorization profile - Tab Organization chart
Authorization profile - Tab Reporting
Authorization profile - Tab Contact
Authorization profile - Tab User
Authorization profile - Tab Catalogs
Authorization profile - Tab Wiki
Authorization profile - Tab Administration
Authorization profile - Tab Others
Organizational units and roles
Manage users
Representative
Catalogs
Import
Import of data
Contact import
User import
Organizational unit import
Case import
Meta data import for documents
Emails and text modules
Configure application
Language
Automatic translation
Date and time
Login options and views
Settings for process management
Modeling rules
Symbols for processes and process groups
Process view
Settings for document management
Document templates
Document type
Settings for the organizational chart
Display of the logos
Unavailability for cases for dates
Directory services (AD, Entra ID / Azure AD) and single sign-on
User notifications
Password security
IP Filter (only for SaaS Systems)
API Profile (Additional module)
Manage maintenance access (only for SaaS systems)
Word report designer for printouts (Additional module)
AI Function SmartAI (Additional module)
Audit Trail
Initial configuration SmartProcess - Process and document management
Video tutorials
Video tutorials: Business Process Management
Video tutorial for process participants
Video tutorial for working with workflow cases
Video tutorial on audit management
Version & Release notes
Release Notes
Version 24.9 Release Notes
Version 23.10 Release Notes
Version 22.10 Release Notes
Version 22.5 Release Notes
Version 22.3 Release Notes
Version 21.3 Release Notes
Version 9.1.0.10 Release Notes
Version 9.1.0.9 Release Notes
Version 9.1.0.8 Release Notes
Version 9.1.0.7 Release Notes
Version 9.1.0.6 Release Notes
Version 9.1.0.5 Release Notes
Version 9.1.0.4 Release Notes
Version 9.1.0.3 Release Notes
Manuals from previous versions
Version 25.11 Release Notes
Version 25.3 Release Notes
Info about version
General
SmartProcess API
Mobile Web App
HTML field
Contacts
File attachments in SmartProcess
Manage Wikis
Use QR codes with SmartProcess
Contact & Forum
Table of Contents
- All Categories
- Processes
- Menu structure & terms
- Menu Processes - Structure & Terms
Menu Processes - Structure & Terms
Menu areas T. Navigation area. In the navigation area you will find: Quick access to the processes that you have marked as favorites. The personalized list My processes. Quick access to evaluations a…
Menu areas T

| In the navigation area you will find:
The Process Explorer lists all process groups and processes of your system. Here you can: - Open existing processes - Create new processes - Edit processes in the content area - Copy or link processes - Export and import processes |
| The content that you have selected in the navigation area is displayed here. For example, if you click on the process group "ISO 9001:2015 - Sample processes" in the navigation area, the process model of this group opens in the content area. |
| The navigation bar contains:
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Recycle bin
If you delete process groups, processes or tasks at any reused location, they will be moved to the recycle bin. There you can see which user deleted the object and at what time. In the recycle bin you have the following options:
Restore object from recycle bin | Click on a process group, a process or a task in the recycle bin. Via <Restore this deleted object> the process will be moved back into the process explorer to the position where the process was last located before deletion (in the screenshot "Source = HR processes"). ![]() |
Delete object from recycle bin | Select one or more objects by checkbox and click <Delete from Recycle Bin>. SmartProcess asks if you really want to remove the objects. After confirming again, the objects are removed from the recycle bin. ![]() If you have also removed objects from the recycle bin, you can no longer find them in the Processes menu. However, the objects are not permanently deleted. When reporting process groups and processes, the checkbox <Show deleted items> can be activated and the information "Deleted" can be shown as column. ![]() If this report is executed, the list will also show the deleted processes that have been removed from the recycle bin. By clicking on the affected process, it can be restored from the reporting. ![]() |
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Process group vs. Process: Definition and usage



