You can define a workflow type's relationship with other workflows in the Relationship with Other Workflows drop-down list on the General tab of Workflow Type Configuration.
Records that you create with this option are called parent workflows. You can only associate them with a child workflow. You cannot associate them with a workflow that has a None relationship.
A parent is not required to have a child. It can have no children, or one or more children.
A parent cannot be a child.
Records that you create with this option are called child workflows. You can only associate them with a parent workflow. You cannot associate them with a workflow that has a None relationship.
A child can have only one parent. After you associate a child with a parent by clicking the Associate button on the workflow form's Child Workflow grid, you can no longer select it as a workflow on the Workflow Search dialog box.
You cannot change a workflow relationship under the following conditions:
The workflow type has records that are already associated with a parent or a child.
The workflow type is set as Workflow can be a Child so that the workflow will be created as a child of another workflow type. This occurs as part of workflow steps or an alert action.
The workflow type is set as a parent and has a workflow step or alert action that creates a new workflow from a different workflow type and makes it a child of this parent.
The records that you create from workflow types that can be either a parent or a child do not have to be associated with another workflow. The options are available so you can make the association if necessary.
After you set a relationship for a workflow type, this setting applies to the records created under the workflow type. This takes effect when adding a new workflow or modifying an existing workflow on the workflow form. When a parent with associated children has its workflow steps cancelled or suspended, the children are also cancelled or suspended.
Learn about the parent/child workflow steps