A published Workflow is the version that appears in your Workflow Pack and in the Self-service portal. If it is active it will respond to preset triggers.
By default, all On-Demand Workflows are exposed as Subflows in the self-service portal. This function allows you to quickly and easily re-use a previously exposed Workflow while creating a new one.
Controlling the Availability of a Published Workflow
The Active/Inactive toggle, which appears in the Workflow Overview page of your selected Workflow, controls the availability of a published Workflow. The toggle is only be enabled for published Workflows. Unpublished Workflows show the Active/Inactive toggle button is disabled and set to Inactive.When Set to Active:
Publishing an active Workflow will not change the current state of the Workflow. The publish button shows Publish.
When Set to Inactive:
Workflows cannot be executed by CLI, API, or a Trigger (On-Demand, Event-Based, or Scheduled).
Self-service toggle in overview tab will be disabled.
The Workflow will be removed from self-service portal.
The Run Workflow button in the overview tab is shown, but disabled. Hovering over it will show this tooltip: Workflow is Inactive and cannot be executed.
Workflow currently running will not be stopped.
Workflow can still be executed from the edit screen.
The Publish button in the edit mode is Publish & Activate. Publishing an Inactive Workflow automatically activates the Workflow.
Attempts to run an inactive Workflow from the API returns Workflow is Inactive and cannot be executed.