Actions

Modified on Thu, 17 Aug, 2023 at 3:35 PM

Actions perform functions, such as sending email or populating a PDF, and are executed after an event is triggered. By Drag & Drop an action or clicking on the node, an action can be added to an event and thus to a processing chain.

CONTENTS

File providing actions
Processing Actions
Plugin actions

Workflow with an event, an action and an endpoint. Nodes to add an action are highlighted in red.

Each action consists of at least:

name: The name of the action
Description: The description is optional.

There are two different action types.

Deploying actions

File providing actions create or provide files that are further processed by the other processing actions.

Deploying actions are:

Processing Actions

These actions process files from various sources. Most actions allow files from the following sources

Form files
Client files
Files from previous actions
File from upload elements
Form record attachments
External resources (URL)

Note that not all protocols are supported for URLs due to security considerations. The following protocols are allowed:

http
https
ftp
sftp
scp
smb
nfs
data
git

Processing actions are:

Plugin actions

New actions can be added by plugin. These actions can be providing or processing actions. These actions are documented on the pages of the respective plugin which provides them.