Actions
Digest
One workflow step is connected to another by an Action, which is a direct path from a source step to a destination step.
Concept
While system and edit steps will each only have one action, transition steps are dependent on user intervention, and will typically have multiple actions from which the user may choose, such as Approve, Reject, or Edit.
Each action is defined by a number of attributes that inform the system what the action is and what the action does. These attributes are:
- Action identifier – how the action is defined within the workflow
- Label – name of the action (visible to the user)
- Transition – identifies what step the action leads to
- Triggers – plug-ins that encapsulate some system logic to accomplish a non-workflow related function; more than one trigger may be added to an action
- Parameters – optional elements added to a trigger to further specify the system logic that should occur