Execute Workflow Quick Action
- Classic Action Designer: Execute Workflow Action
About the Execute Workflow Quick Action
Use the Execute Workflow action to run a workflow on demand. Executing this action is equivalent to clicking Re-run Workflow from the View workflow definition and instance dialog box in the Action Menu. See About Workflows for more information about workflows.
The Workflow quick action does not work when executed from the form view of a Business Object unless the Automatically save changes when action is run in UI form context check box is selected while creating the workflow.
Parameters
To access the parameters, select the Action Block to display them in the Settings pane.
Action Block Settings
- Block Label: A unique name for the block. This is useful to identify each action when you have more than one of the same action block added or cloned in the design area.
- Workflows: Select the workflow to execute. from the drop-down list.
Click Save to commit your settings.
Start Block Settings
These settings are accessed by selecting the Start Block, refer to Start Block Settings.
This action does not respect the Auto-save checkbox option in the Start Block settings. It does save changes directly to the database, but please ensure that the behaviour you expect still occurs.