Start Workflow - Novell POLICIES IN IMANAGER 3.6.1 - 06-05-2009 Manual

Start Workflow

Starts the workflow specified by workflow-id for the recipient DN on the User Application server
specified by a URL and using credentials specified by the ID and password. The recipient must be
an LDAP format DN of an object in the directory served by the User Application server. The
additional arguments to the workflow can be specified by named strings. The number of the strings
and the names used are dependent on the workflow to be started.
Remark
There are some names that have special meaning and are available regardless of the workflow being
started.
:InitiatorOverrideDN: The LDAP format DN of the initiator of the workflow, if other than
the User used to authenticate.
:CorrelationID: An identifier used to correlate related workflows.
If any type of error occurs while starting the workflow, the error string is available to the enclosing
policy in the local variable named
unavailable.
Fields
Provisioning Request DN
Specify the DN of the workflow to start in LDAP format.
User Application URL
Specify the URL of the User Application server where the workflow will run.
Authorized User DN
Specify the DN of a user authorized to start workflows on the User Application server in LDAP
format.
Authorized User Password
Specify the password of the authorized user to start workflows on the User Application server.
Store the password as a Named Password on the driver object. This allows the password to be
encrypted when it is stored.
Recipient DN
Specify the DN of the recipient of the workflow in LDAP format.
Additional Arguments
Specify the arguments for the workflow. The arguments are different for each workflow.
Example
The following example starts a workflow process each time there in an add operation. The workflow
is a request for a cell phone. To view the policy in XML, see
start_workflow.xml).
198 Policies in iManager for Identity Manager 3.6.1
error.do-start-workflow
. Otherwise that local variable is
start_workflow.xml (../samples/