Invoke Workflow Aspect

Launches a workflow.

Examples

The following example launches the workflow Directory_User_VehicleRequest when a vehicle is requested for a new internal user.

<InvokeWorkflowAspect Identifier="Directory_User_VehicleRequest" ExpressionBinding="Workflow_Directory_User:Directory_User" IfExpression="C#:person:return person.Vehicle_Requested;" Workflow="Directory_User_VehicleRequest">
    <PointCut Activity="Directory_User_NewInternal:Persist" ActivityState="Persist-Invoked" Mode="After" /></InvokeWorkflowAspect>

Properties

Property	Details
Identifier required	Type String Description Unique identifier of the aspect.
Workflow required	Type String Description Identifier of the workflow to be launched.
ExpressionBinding optional	Type String Description Binding: - that defines the variable type used in the potential expressions specified in the aspect; - whose difference with Binding defines the property involved in the aspect. Note: required when handling the property of multi-valued objects, for example records, to make sure to modify the property in all records and not only in one.
IfExpression optional	Type String Description Expression that conditions the aspect execution. See the Expressions topic for additional information.
Priority default value: 0	Type Int32 Description Execution priority among all aspects. At a given activity state, the aspect with the highest priority will be triggered first. Note: the priority can be a negative value.

Child Element: PointCut

A pointcut is a mechanism telling Identity Manager when to execute the linked Aspects.

The position of the pointcut is specified by an activity state and a mode (before or after).

Property	Details
Activity required	Type Int64 Description Identifier of the activity whose specified state triggers the aspect.
ActivityState required	Type Enumeration Description Identifier of the activity state that triggers the aspect.
Mode default value: 0	Type PointCutMode Description Mode defining when exactly the aspect is triggered around the specified workflow's activity state. 0 - Before: the aspect will be executed on entry to the specified activity state, regardless of the transition used. 1 - After: the aspect will be executed on exit from the specified activity state, regardless of the transition used.