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As an instance administrator, you may need to create your own workflow activity endowed with the specific logic when the default activities set does not fit your needs.

You can do this via SimpleOne

agent interface.

To create a new activity, you need to complete several steps:

1. Create a table

1. storing settings for the newly created activity.
2. Create an activity type that will store parameters and bear the functionality of your newly created activity

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2. Create

1. activity

1. exit types that will specify the exit condition from this activity.
2. Configure the activity form view that will be displayed in the Workflow Editor.

Creating a table 

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In fact, every activity stores its settings in a child table

of the Workflow Activity (wf_activity) table

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To create this child table, please complete the steps below:

1. Navigate

1. to System Settings → All Tables.
2. Click New

1.  and fill in the fields

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2. In the Parent field, select the Workflow Activity (wf_activity) table.
3. Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.

For more information about the table attributes, please refer to the Table

Attributes article.

Creating an activity type 

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Activity type is an entity intended for the categorization of the newly created or updated activities. It allows defining properties and behavior for an activity. 

To create an activity type, please complete the steps below:

1. Navigate to 

1. Workflow → Activity Type.
2. Click New and fill in the fields.
3. Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes

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Activity type form fields

Create an activity type exit 

1. Navigate to {your_instance_url}/list/wf_activity
2. Click New, fill in the fields and click Save.

Name - activity name.

Workflow version - выберите воркфлоу, к которой привязывается эта активити (странно, что поле обязательное). А если я просто создаю новый тип активити?

Activity type - тип активити - должна быть заранее создана:

    

Для каждой активити необходимо прописывать выходы (activity exits). Они хранятся в таблице wf_activity_type_exit, и зависят от типа активити.

1. Navigate to {your_instance_url}/list/wf_activity_type_exit;
2. Click New, fill in the fields and click Save.

Name - наименование

Activity type - тип активити, для которых может быть использован этот тип выхода;

Exit condition - условие, которое должно сработать для выхода.

Description - описание

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To create an activity type exit, please complete the steps below:

1. Navigate to Workflow → Activity Type Exits.
2. Click New and fill in the fields.
3. Select the activity type for which you create the exit in the Activity Type field.
4. Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.

Activity type exit form fields

activity.result == 'complete'

Configure the activity form layout 

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To configure the activity form view displayed in the Workflow Editor, perform the following steps:

1. Open the record of the table you have created for the new activity.

2. Copy the value from the Name field and paste it in the URL address after the /record/ line (see the example below). 

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3. In the hamburger menu Image Added, navigate to Configure → Form → Layout.
4. In the Form view and section area, click Add new under the View name field.
5. In the window appeared, enter "Workflow" in the View name field.
6. Click Create to apply changes.
7. Configure the set of fields to display on the activity form.
8. Click Save to apply changes.

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