Create and manage job activities

You can add and configure job activities to prompt automated actions, such as sending an email notification or a web request, when specific actions are performed in a job.

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 Job Templates.

    The Job Templates panel appears.

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

    The job template appears in the panel.

  5. Click the Automated Actions tab.
  6. In the Job Activities section, click Add Activity.

    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
      Note:

      The Send Web Request action is not available for the Create Job activity type. Use the Send Web Request step to automatically send a web request 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.
    License:

    The Send Web Request action requires a license for the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server Advanced role.

  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 Job Templates.

    The Job Templates panel appears.

  4. Choose 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.
  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 Job Templates.

    The Job Templates panel appears.

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

    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.

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