Workflow activation

Dear experts,
As a part of Data migration uploading, local contract approval workflow has de-activated.
Now the same client we are using for UAT, I want to re-activate the workflow.
Can any one explain me how to activate the contract approval workflow.
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Krish

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Cross-Application Basic Settings u2192 SAP Business Workflow u2192 Perform
Task-Specific Cusomizing
SAP u2192 SRM u2192 SRM-EBP u2192 SRM-EBP-WFL
Activate event linking
search what wf you want to activate
select your wf flow
           - WS14000086 (Automatic approval)
         -   WS14000088 (One-step approval)
         -   WS10400022 (Contract alert)
         -   WS14000148 (n-step approval)
click and event linkage flag and save now it shows e Green .
Note: - make ensure that among which wf you want to activate. if you activate more than one wf, you need to specify starting conditions for wf...
regards
Muthu

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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
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Create a custom workflow activity. But this is not showing up as a plugin/activity type in Plugin Registration Tool. See image below:
My sample code for the activity below:
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Activities;
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk;
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