Workflow Activate Command

v7.0

This Lava command can launch a new workflow or activate a new activity on a current workflow.

The Basics

Let's take a simple example of launching a new workflow.

{% workflowactivate workflowtype:'21' %}
  Activated new workflow with the id of #{{ Workflow.Id }}.
{% endworkflowactivate %}

Bam! A new workflow, of type 21, has been launched. The Id of this new workflow is provided by {{ Workflow.Id }}

As you've seen, a variable called 'Workflow' is available inside of the command block. This allows you access to the full workflow object. In fact, three different objects are provided for your use.

• Workflow The new/existing workflow that was processed.
• Activity The new activity that was processed (if activating an activity).
• Error Contains an error message if something went wrong, empty if no error.

Parameters

With the basics under our belt, let's see what else is possible.

• workflowtype
• workflowid
• workflowname
• activitytype

Workflow Type

We already saw this one in action above, but we should note that this parameter takes either the Id of the workflow type OR the Guid.

{% workflowactivate workflowtype:'21' %}
  Activated new workflow with the Id of #{{ Workflow.Id }}.
{% endworkflowactivate %}

{% workflowactivate workflowtype:'8fedc6ee-8630-41ed-9fc5-c7157fd1eaa4' %}
  Activated new workflow with the id of #{{ Workflow.Id }}.
{% endworkflowactivate %}

Workflow Id

This parameter loads up an existing workflow with the provided Id. This allows you to run specific activities on it (more on that later).

{% workflowactivate workflowid:'121' %}
  This workflow is named #{{ Workflow.Name }}.
{% endworkflowactivate %}

Workflow Name

This parameter makes it easy to provide a name for your workflow.

{% workflowactivate workflowtype:'21' workflowname:'My Workflow' %}
  Activated new workflow with the id of #{{ Workflow.Id }} and name of {{ Workflow.Name }}.
{% endworkflowactivate %}

Note that you can make your name dynamic by using Lava.

{% workflowactivate workflowtype:'21' workflowname:'{{ CurrentPerson.FullName }} Workflow' %}
  Activated new workflow with the id of #{{ Workflow.Id }} and name of {{ Workflow.Name }}.
{% endworkflowactivate %}

Activity Type

Already have a workflow instance and want to launch an activity on it? No problem!

{% workflowactivate workflowid:122 activitytype:'34' %}
  Activated new activity {{ Activity.Name }} with id #{{ Activity.Id }} in workflow {{ Workflow.Name }}.
{% endworkflowactivate %}

The value for activitytype can also be a Guid.

Ok... But What About Attributes?!

Super glad you asked! Attributes are a key part of workflows. Any other key/value you provide in your command will be assumed to be an attribute. The command will then set the value of the workflow attributes, or workflow activity attributes, with the same key.

{% workflowactivate workflowtype:'21' color:'Red' requester:'{{ CurrentPerson.PrimaryAlias.Guid }}' %}
  Activated new workflow with the id of #{{ Workflow.Id }} and name of {{ Workflow.Name }}.
{% endworkflowactivate %}