Documenting process sequence - anyone got a better way?

Hi
I am using OWB v9.2.0.2.8
I am trying to document my process flows and the sequence the various activities run in. Unfortunately I can't find anywhere where the sequence of the activities is stored.
I have been trying to guess my way around the system tables/views but no luck. I got hopeful when I found ALL_IV_PROCESS_TRANSITIONS.TRANSITION_ORDER but all contain zero so it was no help.
The best method I have found is to edit the activity descriptions in the process flow and insert a sequence number, then the following SQL will give me the listing I want:
Select
L.PROJECT_NAME ,
A.PROCESS_NAME,
A.ACTIVITY_NAME ,
A.UPDATED_ON,
A.ACTIVITY_TYPE ,
A.BOUND_OBJECT_NAME ,
A.DESCRIPTION
from
ALL_IV_PROCESS_ACTIVITIES A,
ALL_IV_PROCESSES P,
ALL_IV_PACKAGES K,
ALL_IV_MODULES M,
ALL_IV_LOCATIONS L
WHERE A.PROCESS_ID = P.PROCESS_ID
AND P.PACKAGE_ID = K.PACKAGE_ID
AND K.SCHEMA_ID = M.SCHEMA_ID
AND M.LOCATION_ID = L.LOCATION_ID
ORDER BY L.PROJECT_NAME ,
A.PROCESS_NAME ,
A.DESCRIPTION,
A.ACTIVITY_NAME
Unfortunately this is a pain as I need to edit every activity in every workflow (to limit work in the future I have done the old BASIC trick of numbering each items in 10's)
Has anyone got any better ideas on how to document these?
(the standard GUI printout is a pain as it does not show the full activity name)
Sandra

Hi. To clarify my role is basically to set up this in a organization so If I fully had it my way I would stick with FCP Green Screen Tools. The reason Im using boris is because the user who will be editing on the machine really does not earn the title of "editor". So ive had to set them up with really easy, really fast ways to get this done.
To sum it up they are used to using 'Visual Communicator"
Go here to check it out----http://www.realnetworks.com/products/visualcommunicator/index.htm
Thankyou for your helpful advice though. I will check the realtime settings.
All of my sequence and capture setting look right though?
DV NTSC 48kHz?
DV NTSC 48kHz?
I mean I know they are right I guess Do you think I can change them to a worse quality or something because utmitly it will end up on the web?
Thankyou for you help.

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