{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":45962,"path":"security-management/vulnerability-response/ex-mgt-flow-designer-vs-workflow.md","title":"Exception management workflow versus flow designer","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Exception management workflow versus flow designer\n\nStarting with Vulnerability Response v15.0, if you are deploying Vulnerability Response \\(VR\\) for the first time, the flow designer for approving exception requests in exception management is enabled by default. If you are an existing VR user, the default option is workflow.\n\n**Note:** Starting with Vulnerability Response v19.0, only flow designer is supported for new customers. If you are an existing user and upgrade to Vulnerability Response v19.0, then both flow designer and exception management workflow are supported.\n\n<table id=\"table_qmm_sbw_sqb\"><thead><tr><th>\n\nConsiderations\n\n</th><th>\n\nWorkflow\n\n</th><th>\n\nFlow designer\n\n</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>\n\nVersion\n\n</td><td>\n\nPrior to v15.0 of Vulnerability Response.\n\n</td><td>\n\nStarting from v15.0 of Vulnerability Response.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nDefault option\n\n</td><td>\n\nDefault option if you are an existing VR user.\n\n</td><td>\n\nDefault option for new VR users starting from v15.0.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nSetting the approval process\n\n</td><td>\n\nException management includes exception and false positive requests along with exception rules.\n\n</td><td>\n\nIncludes defining various levels and adding different approvers for different use cases. Easier to implement than the workflow. Exception management includes exception and false positive requests along with exception rules.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nUpgrading to flow designer\n\n</td><td>\n\nYou can upgrade to flow designer from workflow. However, existing requests can only be approved using the workflow.\n\n</td><td>\n\nFlow designer is enabled by default.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nSystem property **sn\\_vul.flow\\_designer\\_activation**\n\n</td><td>\n\nIf you have been using the workflow for exception management prior to v15.0, the system property is set to false. To activate the flow designer, set this property to true.**Note:** You cannot revert to using the workflow after activating the flow designer.\n\n</td><td>\n\nIf you are using VR for the first time for v15.0 or later, the system property value is set to true by default.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nApproval rules module\n\n</td><td>\n\nAfter setting the system property to true, the **Enable module approval rules** scheduled job runs within 24 hours. This scheduled job enables the **Approval rules** module. To activate this module instantly, run this job manually.\n\n</td><td>\n\nIf you have deployed VR for the first time from VR v15.0, this module is available by default.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nApproval levels\n\n</td><td>\n\nProvides the option to set only two levels of approvers.\n\n</td><td>\n\nProvides multiple options such as setting any number of configurations, approver levels, and dynamically adding approvers for each rule.\n\n</td></tr></tbody>\n</table>"}}