Difference between Dialog Participant Step and Form Participant Step

[francisco_ribei]

Hi,

Reading the documentation, the differences I saw between  Dialog and Form Participant steps are the following:

• Dialog uses dialogs, and forms uses forms to allow the input;
• Dialog allows to store the data on the payload or in the work item, but forms allow to store only in the payload;

Those were the difference I noticed, am I right?

If so, what would be the main use cases for each one? What the advantages of choosing one of them?

Thanks

[smacdonald2008 · Accepted solution]

A dialog lets the author set values used in the workflow during design time. For example - they can enter a value that is used in the following steps. This should cover most cases where input values are required in a workflow. 

You can also build a custom step that uses a dialog. Then you can use Java code to retrieve those values at run-time. To learn how - see:

https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/custom_step_dialog.html

In contrast - the Form Participant Step presents a form when the work item is opened. When the user fills and submits the form, the field data is stored in the nodes of the workflow payload.