Workfront Fusion with AEM Sites

[ParnianSh1]

My team currently utilizes a fusion between Workfront and AEM Assets, but we’re exploring the possibility of connecting AEM Sites with Workfront. Our goal is to create a seamless workflow where page creation initiated in Workfront transitions smoothly into AEM Sites, allowing the process to continue within AEM’s workflow.

Is there an existing integration or fusion between AEM Sites and Workfront to enable this functionality? If so, where can I find more information about it?

[Pan_Shahbazian · Accepted solution]

As of now, I don't believe there is an out-of-the-box Fusion module for AEM Sites the same way there is for AEM Assets. Adobe does provide a Workfront–AEM Assets connector, but for full AEM Sites integration (like, creating pages or triggering AEM workflows from Workfront), you will probably need to build a custom Fusion scenario—or use another middleware approach—against AEM’s APIs.

Here’s how you might approach it:

1. Use Workfront Fusion’s HTTP Module:

   • AEM Sites (particularly if you’re using AEM as a Cloud Service) exposes REST and/or GraphQL endpoints for content creation.
   • In Fusion, you can call those endpoints via the HTTP module or any OAuth 2.0–capable connector, supplying the appropriate credentials/tokens.

2. Leverage AEM APIs / Adobe I/O:

   • If you have Adobe I/O Runtime integrated with AEM, you could create serverless actions that handle page creation or workflow initiation in AEM, then call those actions from Workfront Fusion.
     • Workfront tasks can trigger a call to “Create Page” in AEM’s Sites environment or, for more advanced workflows, pass data to an AEM custom workflow step.

3. Manage Hand-off and Status:

   • If your workflow in Workfront “hands off” to AEM at a certain step, you can design Fusion to update back to Workfront once AEM has completed the page creation or subsequent steps. For example, after the page goes live in AEM, Fusion can log a status change or update a custom field in Workfront.

4. Documentation Suggestions:

   • AEM Developer Resources has documentation for programmatic page creation and workflow APIs.
   • Workfront Fusion: Fusion documentation has configuration docs for custom API calls with OAuth 2.0 or Basic Auth (depending on your AEM environment).
   • Adobe I/O: If you’re using AEM as a Cloud Service, check out their documentation for building integrations and exchanging data between Adobe products.