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Workflow

In Identity Manager a workflow is a set of elemental units called activities that are stored as a model to describe a real-world process. A workflow provides a mechanism for automating multi-step processes across the application. It can be depicted as a sequence of operations, declared as work of a person or group, an organization of staff, or one or more simple or complex mechanisms.

Examples​

The following example declares a simple workflow called Directory_User_StartInternal that involves resources from the entity type Directory_User.


    <Workflow Identifier="Directory_User_StartInternal" DisplayName_L1="User - New Employee" VariablesType="Workflow_Directory_User">
        <Activity ... />        ...
    </Workflow>

Properties​

PropertyDetails
DisplayName_L1 requiredType String Description Workflow' name displayed in the UI. This column is used for the first language.
Identifier requiredType String Description Unique identifier of the workflow.
IdentifierPrefix optionalType String Description Workflow's identifier prefix, used to prefix the workflow's activity instances.
VariablesType requiredType Int64 Description Entity type of the resources involved by the workflow. Must follow the naming convention Workflow_<EntityType>.

Child Element: Activity​

In Identity Manager, an activity is a elemental unit used to model a workflow's steps, such as the request of new records, the mailing of notifications to users about pending approvals, or the approval/decline of modifications. A workflow is made of a series of successive activities.

Examples​

The following workflow is made of four activities to add a new worker in the system.


<Workflow Identifier="Directory_User_StartInternal" DisplayName_L1="User - New Employee" VariablesType="Workflow_Directory_User">
    <Activity Identifier="Request"  DisplayName_L1="Request" Template="ActionWithRefine" />
    <Activity Identifier="PersistDraft"  DisplayName_L1="Draft Creation" Template="PersistOnlyResources" WorkflowOverviewDisable="1"/>
    <Activity Identifier="Review"  DisplayName_L1="Review" Template="ReviewWithFeedback" />
    <Activity Identifier="Persist"  DisplayName_L1="Commit" Template="Persist" WorkflowOverviewDisable="1"/>  </Workflow>

Properties​

PropertyDetails
ArgumentBlockProvisioning default value: falseType Boolean Description true to block provisioning orders (argument used only for an activity following the template Persist or PersistOnlyResources).
ArgumentCalledWorkflow optionalType Int64 Description Workflow to call (argument used only for an activity following the template ContinueWith).
DisplayName_L1 requiredType String Description Activity's name to display in the UI. This column is used for the first language.
Identifier requiredType String Description Unique identifier of the activity.
Template requiredType Enumeration Description Identifier of the activity template. All possible values: - Action: awaits user modifications without another user's intervention. - ActionWithRefine: awaits user modifications with the possibility to delegate the action to another user. - Review: awaits user approval without another user's intervention. - ReviewWithFeedback: awaits user approval with the possibility of getting feedback from another user before taking the action. - Persist: saves the workflow's collected data to the repository and triggers dependant processes (i.e. provisioning). - PersistOnlyResources: saves the workflow's collected data to the repository and without triggering dependant processes (i.e. provisioning). - ContinueWith: Gets the previous activities of the workflow and continues starting from a given activity of another workflow.
WorkflowOverviewDisable default value: falseType Boolean Description true to disable the activity's appearance on the Workflow Overview screen.