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Manoj_Kumar
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Manoj_KumarCommunity Advisor
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May 18, 2020
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Documentation on how to create a Custom activity

  • May 18, 2020
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Right now i don't see any documentation on how you can create your own custom workflow activity. So people are going in and writing java script code to have that functionality implemented.

It will be great to have some kind of documentation to follow on how to create the custom activity the right way and what should be the best practices to create any activity.

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    Jonathon_wodnicki
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    Jonathon_wodnickiCommunity Advisor
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    May 18, 2020

    Hi,

     

    Making workflow activities is fairly straightforward: Find an activity that has features you need, e.g. outgoing transitions with schema alteration, then look through the underlying js to see how it works. I usually reference crm connector activity as it has a lot of useful features.

     

    Thanks,

    -Jon

    lukkyluke
    lukkyluke
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    July 1, 2020

    Hi @jonathon_wodnicki, I am wondering the same as @_manoj_kumar_. Could you please elaborate your suggested solution with more details?
    I have duplicated a js-workflow-activity, but how do I make my own content? Where can I find the source of this content?
    forms-->xtk:workflow:

    <container img="xtk:workflow16x16.png" label="Actions" name="tools"> <input img="nms:miniatures/mini-delivery.png" xpath="delivery"/> <input img="nms:miniatures/mini-control-delivery.png" xpath="controlDelivery"/> <input img="nms:miniatures/mini-notification.png" xpath="notification"/> <input img="nms:miniatures/mini-localValidation.png" label="Local approval" xpath="localValidation"/> <input img="nms:miniatures/mini-content.png" xpath="content"/> <input applicableIf="HasPackage('nms:federatedDataAccess')" img="nms:miniatures/mini-dbImport.png" xpath="dbImport"/> <input applicableIf="HasPackage('nms:federatedDataAccess')" img="nms:miniatures/mini-soapImport.png" xpath="soapImport"/> <input img="nms:miniatures/mini-fileImport.png" xpath="fileImport"/> <input img="xtk:miniatures/mini-fileExport.png" xpath="fileExport"/> <input img="xtk:miniatures/mini-execsql.png" xpath="sql"/> <input applicableIf="HasPackage('nms:federatedDataAccess')" img="xtk:miniatures/mini-execsql.png" xpath="sqlDM"/> <input img="xtk:miniatures/mini-script.png" xpath="js"/> <input img="xtk:miniatures/mini-script.png" xpath="js"/><!--TEST--> <input img="xtk:miniatures/mini-script.png" xpath="jsx"/> <input img="xtk:miniatures/mini-exec.png" xpath="nlmodule"/> <input img="xtk:miniatures/mini-import.png" xpath="import"/> <input img="xtk:miniatures/mini-export.png" xpath="export"/> <input applicableIf="HasPackage('crm:connectors')" img="crm:crm/mscrm/mscrm_logo_16x16.png" xpath="mscrmWorkflow"/> <input applicableIf="HasPackage('crm:connectors')" img="crm:crm/ood/ood_logo_16x16.png" xpath="oodWorkflow"/> <input applicableIf="HasPackage('crm:connectors')" img="crm:crm/sfdc/sfdc_logo_16x16.png" xpath="sfdcWorkflow"/> <input img="xtk:miniatures/mini-buildAggregate.png" xpath="buildAggregate"/> </container>

    Result:

     

    Jonathon_wodnicki
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    Jonathon_wodnickiCommunity Advisor
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    July 5, 2020

    Hi,

     

    The input fields you pasted reference form xpath's within xtk:workflow.

    The content would follow from there.

     

    Thanks,

    -Jon

    Sukrity_Wadhwa
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    Sukrity_WadhwaCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    October 15, 2020

    This feature does not have very generic or standard usage. It is not an out of the box functionality and hence, requires Adobe Consulting to be involved. This is the reason why it’s not publicly documented.

    Sukrity Wadhwa
    Marcel_Szimonisz
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    Marcel_SzimoniszCommunity Advisor
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    July 8, 2025

    Hello @_manoj_kumar_ @jonathon_wodnicki,
    I guess this was already resolved but.

     

    all of it can be followed from schemas and forms except of the last piece which is  how to connect it to JS library that  was handed to us after all those years.

    I will do some articles too very soon 😛

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