Actions
Actions provide certain services or functions such as sending mails or writing an entry to a data base. They can be created by clicking the "New action" button inside a state.
Generally speaking, there are two differents kinds of actions.
File providing actions
These actions create files or make files on the file system available so that they can be used by other actions requiring a file, such as sending a mail with an attachment. The following providing actions exist:
Processing actions
These actions either process files provided by file providing actions or provide other services such as redirecting the user to another URL.
The following processing actions are available:
- Allocate new process ID
- Change state
- Compress files
- Copy form record to inbox
- Database query
- Delete form record
- Duplicate form record and set state]
- File download
- Modify form fields
- Move form record to inbox
- POST request
- Redirect
- Response page
- Save to file system
- Set form fields from XML
- Stop workflow processing
Plugin action
New actions can be added through plugins. These actions may be providing or processing actions.
Deprecated
Deprecated actions only exist for backwards compatibility. Please avoid using deprecated actions.