The Workflow Explorer serves a number of uses in the Taverna Workbench. It provides users with:
- a hierarchical view of the current workflow,
- various annotations associated with the entities found in the workflow and the possibility to configure their functionality, and
- the possibility to validate workflows to provide a report of any potential errors in the workflow.

- Workflow Explorer tab
- Details tab
- Validation report tab
- Root node of workflow
- A workflow input port
- A workflow output port
- A nested workflow processor
- A processor input port
- A processor output port
There are three tabs associated with the Workflow Explorer which provide the above functionality:
- The Workflow Explorer itself
- Details View
- Validation report