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Activity Templates

This section describes the activities that constitute and model a Workflow. Each activity is assigned a template, made of states and transitions.

Overview​

Going through an activity means going through states and transitions.

Activity Template - Example

By default, Identity Manager's workflow engine implements the following activity templates:

  • Action
  • Action With Refine
  • Review
  • Review With Feedback
  • Continue With
  • Persist
  • Persist OnlyResources

Activity Templates​

Action​

Awaits user modifications without another user's intervention.

Activity Template - Action

ActionWithRefine​

Awaits user modifications with the possibility to delegate the action to another user.

Activity Template - ActionWithRefine

The ActionWithRefine activity can be translated into the following form:

ActionWithRefine in the UI

Review​

Awaits user approval without another user's intervention.

Activity Template - Review

ReviewWithFeedback​

Awaits user approval with the possiblity of getting feedback from another user before taking the action.

Activity Template - ReviewWithFeedback

The ReviewWithFeedback activity can be translated into the following form:

ReviewWithFeedback in the UI

Persist​

Saves the workflow's collected data to the repository and triggers dependent processes (i.e. computation of the role model and provisioning). This activity has only the transition Persist-Invoked-Invoke and the state Persist-Invoked. It has no user interaction, and hence no need for permissions.

PersistOnlyResources​

Saves the workflow's collected data to the repository without triggering the dependent processes (i.e. computation of the role model and provisioning). This activity has only the transition PersistOnlyResources-Invoked-Invoke and the state PersistOnlyResources-Invoked. It has no user interaction, and hence no need for permissions.

For example, PersistOnlyResources can be used in a workflow to add a new user, as we first create a user sheet but without any account, etc.

States​

By default, Identity Manager's workflow engine implements the following state templates:

  • Action-ActionPending
  • Action-Executed
  • Action-Aborted
  • Action-Purged
  • ActionWithRefine-ActionPending
  • ActionWithRefine-Executed
  • ActionWithRefine-RefinePending
  • ActionWithRefine-Aborted
  • ActionWithRefine-Purged
  • Review-ReviewPending
  • Review-Declined
  • Review-Approved
  • Review-Aborted
  • Review-Purged
  • ReviewWithFeedback-ReviewPending
  • ReviewWithFeedback-Approved
  • ReviewWithFeedback-Declined
  • ReviewWithFeedback-RefinePending
  • ReviewWithFeedback-Aborted
  • ReviewWithFeedback-Purged
  • ContinueWith-Invoked
  • Persist-Invoked
  • PersistOnlyResources-Invoked

Transitions​

By default, Identity Manager's workflow engine implements the following transition templates:

  • Action-ActionPending-Save
  • Action-ActionPending-Execute
  • Action-ActionPending-Abort
  • Action-Aborted-Purge
  • ActionWithRefine-ActionPending-Save
  • ActionWithRefine-ActionPending-Execute
  • ActionWithRefine-ActionPending-Delegate
  • ActionWithRefine-ActionPending-Abort
  • ActionWithRefine-RefinePending-Save
  • ActionWithRefine-RefinePending-Delegate
  • ActionWithRefine-RefinePending-Execute
  • ActionWithRefine-RefinePending-Abort
  • ActionWithRefine-Aborted-Purge
  • Review-ReviewPending-Save
  • Review-ReviewPending-Approve
  • Review-ReviewPending-Decline
  • Review-ReviewPending-Abort
  • Review-Aborted-Purge
  • ReviewWithFeedback-ReviewPending-Save
  • ReviewWithFeedback-ReviewPending-Approve
  • ReviewWithFeedback-ReviewPending-Decline
  • ReviewWithFeedback-ReviewPending-Refine
  • ReviewWithFeedback-ReviewPending-Abort
  • ReviewWithFeedback-Aborted-Purge
  • ReviewWithFeedback-RefinePending-Save
  • ReviewWithFeedback-RefinePending-Delegate
  • ReviewWithFeedback-RefinePending-Execute
  • ContinueWith-Invoked-Invoke
  • Persist-Invoked-Invoke
  • PersistOnlyResources-Invoked-Invoke