Engage a Workflow in an Operation¶

You can engage workflows in certain operations, such as engaging the approval workflow for the operation of adding a user. This section explains the steps to do this.

1. On the Management Console, go to Manage > Workflow Engagements > Add.

2. Enter the required details under Association Details and Workflow Details as given below.

   

   Association Details

   Parameter	Description
   Association name	This is a name to identify the association.
   Operation category	Select the operation category for the workflow engagement.
   Operation name	This is the operation to be selected.

   Workflow Details

   This is the workflow you need to engage for the event. You may either use an existing workflow definition or create a new workflow definition.

   You can use the following three options to filter requests that need to be managed by the selected workflow.

   Application condition	Definition	Example
   Apply to all Requests	If this option is selected, the selected workflow will be triggered for all the requests of the selected operation.	N/A
   Apply If	If this option is selected, the selected workflow only gets triggered if the condition is satisfied.	The following configuration will select add user operations where username contains 'sys'. (This option supports simple conditions. Use the Advanced section for complex conditions.)
   Advanced	If this option is selected, you can define an XPath expression to filter the requests that need to go through the selected workflow.	The following configuration will select add user operations where username contains sys. Code: boolean(//*[local-name()='parameter'][@name='Username']/*[local-name()='value']/*[local-name()='itemValue'][contains(text(),'sys')])

3. Click Add to complete adding the engagement. You can view, disable, or delete the association by navigating to Manage > Workflow Engagements > List.

What's Next?¶

Now that all the configurations are done when you add a user, it will not be displayed under the users' section immediately, and the user will not be able to log in. The user will be enabled once the user addition task is approved by a user who has the role of Manager. To try this out, see Managing Human Tasks.