Selecting the Action Type

On this screen, select the type of action that should be performed for the selected state or transition. For states and transitions, you can select a "wait for reply (synchronous)" orchestration workflow, script, transition, or Web service. For transitions, you can also select a "continue executing (asynchronous)" orchestration workflow or a trigger.

Note: If you are editing an existing action, you cannot change its action type.

Action Type	Description
Orchestration Workflow	The orchestration workflow that should be invoked as a result of this action. For transitions, you can also specify whether the application workflow should continue processing as soon as the selected orchestration workflow is invoked ("continue executing [asynchronous]"), or wait for a reply from the orchestration workflow before continuing ("wait for reply [synchronous]"). For asynchronous workflows, you can also specify whether the workflow uses the local event or an external event definition. For states, the application workflow always waits for a reply from the selected orchestration workflow before processing continues.
Script	The defined script that should be executed as a result of this action.
Transition	The transition that should be executed as a result of this action. Some combination of Regular, Copy, Post, and Subtask transitions will be available, depending on the affected items you select later in the Action Wizard.
Trigger	The trigger that should be executed as a result of this action. Triggers can only be executed for transitions.
Web Service	The defined Web service that should be invoked as a result of this action.

Selecting the Action Type

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