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title: Avoid Workflows With Too Many Activities
description: "Impact Area Manageability Severity **High **for over **50** Affected Element Workflow ## Rule ID **SN-0139** ## Impact Complex workflows are hard to manage and debug. ## Remediation Using sub-flows can drastically reduce complexity and allow you to create more modular workflows. Consider…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qcr/rules/avoid-workflows-with-too-many-activities/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: Rules
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# Avoid Workflows With Too Many Activities

Impact Area

Manageability

           Severity

**High **for over **50**

           Affected Element

Workflow

## Rule ID

**SN-0139**

## Impact

Complex workflows are hard to manage and debug.

## Remediation

Using sub-flows can drastically reduce complexity and allow you to create more modular workflows. Consider dropping below 30 steps.

## Rule threshold

What is this?

**Rule threshold** is an issue trigger type. The threshold value is a single point or two points at which a corresponding issue is created. The threshold value can be defined as **greater than** or **less or equal than**.

Some rules can be customized by editing their threshold conditions, including removing or editing original thresholds, adding new thresholds, as well as adding corresponding severity and time to fix. 

This rule has the following default rule threshold:

## Rule threshold

What is this?

**Rule threshold** is an issue trigger type. The threshold value is a single point or two points at which a corresponding issue is created. The threshold value can be defined as **greater than** or **less or equal than**.

Some rules can be customized by editing their threshold conditions, including removing or editing original thresholds, adding new thresholds, as well as adding corresponding severity and time to fix. 

This rule has the following default rule threshold for the element `Number of activities on a workflow:`

| Greater than | Less or equal than | Severity | Time to fix |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50 | Null | Low | 50 |

### Time to fix

50 min