If you want to repeat certain steps of a workflow, you can create a loop.

  1. You are on the Workflow tab and have opened a workflow, see Opening a Workflow.
  1. In the workflow list, select the entry after which you want to add the loop, and click .
  2. The Workflow container on the right displays a view to select a step.
  3. Select the category Workflow.
  4. The available steps are displayed.
  5. For the Loop entry, click Add. Alternatively, double click the entry.
  6. A loop is added to the list and is displayed. Per default, the Loop step has the Settings tool.
  7. Use the Settings tool to set up your loop. You can define an exact number of iterations, a range, or you can select Batch processing where each step of the loop is iterated once for each input document.
  8. You have defined an empty loop.
  9. You can now add steps and tools inside the loop as described for the workflow creation, see Creating a Workflow. When adding the first step of the loop, you have to select the Loop entry in the workflow list before clicking . For all subsequent steps of the loop, you must not select the Loop entry when adding it. You have to select an entry inside the loop.
  10. You have added steps and tools inside your loop. All steps belonging to the loop have a color marker to indicate that they belong to the loop.
  11. To a pause at a step during a workflow run, right click the step in the list. By default, each newly added step is set to run automatically.
  12. The context menu is displayed.
  13. Select Add Pause Marker. Alternatively, select Add Pause Marker for First Loop Iteration if the step should be paused during the first time and then automatically run for all following iterations of the loop.
  14. You have defined a loop in your workflow. All steps of the loop are displayed below the Loop entry in the list and the view can be minimized with the expander arrow of the Loop entry.