Create and manage job activities

License:

This functionality requires a license for the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server Advanced role.

The ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server Advanced role allows you to create job activities that perform specific actions, such as sending an email or a web request, when specific job activities are performed.

Note:

You must configure email settings for ArcGIS Workflow Manager before the Send Email Notifications action can be used to send email notifications.

Create job activities

Complete these steps to create job activities:

1. Access the Workflow Manager web app.
2. Click the Design tab.

   The Design page appears.

   Note:

   If you don't have sufficient privileges, the Design tab is not available.

3. Click Job Templates .

   The Job Templates panel appears.

4. Click the job template for which you want to create job activities.

   The job template appears in the panel.

5. Click the Automated Actions tab.

   If you don't have a license for the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server Advanced role or sufficient privileges, you can't configure automated actions.

6. In the Job Activities section, click Add Actvity.

   A new activity is added to the Job Activities section.

7. Click the Type drop-down arrow and choose the job activity that you want to associate with the action.
   • Add Comment—Performs the chosen action when a comment is added to a job
   • Assign Job—Performs the chosen action when a job is assigned to another user
   • Close Job—Performs the chosen action when a job is closed
   • Create Job—Performs the chosen action when a job is created
   • Delete Job—Performs the chosen action when a job is deleted
   • Set Current Step—Performs the chosen action when a job's workflow is rerouted
8. Click the Action drop-down arrow and choose the action to perform.

   Note:

   The Send Web Request action is not available when Create Job is chosen as the activity type. To automatically send a web request when a job is created, use the Send Web Request step.

9. Click the Template drop-down arrow and choose the email template or web request template you want to use.
10. Optionally, repeat steps 6 through 9 to add more activities.
11. Click Save to save the job template.

Edit job activities

Complete these steps to edit job activities:

1. Access the Workflow Manager web app.
2. Click the Design tab.

   The Design page appears.

   Note:

   If you don't have sufficient privileges, the Design tab is not available.

3. Click Job Templates .

   The Job Templates panel appears.

4. Click the job template that contains the job activities you want to edit.

   The job template appears in the right panel.

5. Click the Automated Actions tab.

   If you don't have a license for the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server Advanced role or sufficient privileges, you can't configure automated actions.

6. Update job activities in the Job Activities section as necessary.
7. Click Save to save the job template.

Delete job activities

Complete these steps to delete job activities:

1. Access the Workflow Manager web app.
2. Click the Design tab.

   The Design page appears.

   Note:

   If you don't have sufficient privileges, the Design tab is not available.

3. Click Job Templates .

   The Job Templates panel appears.

4. Click the job template that contains the job activities you want to delete.

   The job template appears in the panel.

5. Click the Automated Actions tab.

   If you don't have a license for the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server Advanced role or sufficient privileges, you can't configure automated actions.

6. In the Job Activities section, hover over the activity you want to delete and click the Delete Activity button .

   The activity is deleted from the Job Activities section.

7. Optionally, repeat step 6 to delete additional activities.
8. Click Save to save the job template.