Notify Workflow
Introduction
The Notify workflow activity can be used to notify a workflow that is suspended on the Wait for notification workflow activity.
If the workflow is suspended on the specified wait for notification activity, then this activity will return true and the workflow execution will continue further. Otherwise, it will simply return false.
Completed or Aborted, it will result in a Runtime error. For information on how to handle the error, see Error Handling in Microflows.
Properties
An example of Notify workflow properties is represented in the image below:
There are two sets of properties for this activity, those in the dialog box on the left, and those in the properties pane on the right.
The Notify workflow properties pane consists of the following sections:
Action Section
The Action section of the properties pane shows the action associated with this activity.
You can open a dialog box to configure this action by clicking the ellipsis (…) next to the action.
You can also open the dialog box by double-clicking the activity, or right-clicking the activity and selecting Properties.
Workflow Object
The workflow instance that will be notified by this activity.
Activity
The (caption of the) wait for notification workflow activity that suspends the workflow instance. This wait for notification workflow activity needs to be notified so that the workflow can continue.
Variable Name
The name of the variable returned by the activity. This variable will be a Boolean that indicates whether the notification is received or not by the workflow instance.
For more information on the return values, see the Introduction section above.