Step Libraries

Step libraries are designed to offer a group of common functions that can be added to existing workflows from the Add a Step panel Business Process Editor. Step libraries are a collection of steps encapsulated by a workflow with the template attribute marked true. The steps do not have any transitions and they are not executable. A Step Library must be defined. See the following example.

Note: The type does not have to be StepLibrary. However, using the StepLibrary type ensures that these workflows do not appear in other parts of the product.

<Workflow name="Provisioning Step Library"
                  type="StepLibrary"
                  template="true">

When you edit a new or existing workflow, you can include a list of step libraries by including a comma separated list in the stepLibraries attribute. See the following example.

<Workflow name="LCM Provisioning"
                  type="Provisioning"
                  taskType="LCM"
                  libraries="Identity,Role,PolicyViolation,LCM,BatchRequest"
                  stepLibraries="Common,Provisioning"
                  handler='IIQ.api.StandardWorkflowHandler'>

In the example above, when you edit a business process with the LCMProvisioning type, the Common and Provisioning steps are available in the Add a Step panel of the Business Process Editor.

Steps within a step library workflow can also include a soft reference to a step form that provides a simplified form-based interface that you can use to add arguments to some steps in the workflow. This form-based interface adds a Basic view option to the Arguments tab of the Step Editor. The Basic view is built using the information contained in the referenced form. The Advanced view is a list of all possible arguments and is built using the list of arguments that the step library references.

When you add a step form reference to a step library, use the configForm attribute, See the following example.

<Workflow name="Provisioning Step Library" 
                     template="true" 
                 type="StepLibrary">
 <Step configForm="Provisioning Approval Step Form" 
                 icon="Task" 
                 name="Account Approval">
<Arg name="approvalMode"/>
<Arg name="approvalScheme"/>
<Arg name="approvalSet" value="ref:approvalSet"/>
...

In the example above, when you edit an approval step in the Step Editor, the Basic and Advance Views of the Arguments tab are displayed.

Built-in Steps

IdentityIQ includes several built-in steps. The Start, Stop, and Generic steps apply to all workflow types. The following table lists the names, descriptions, and associated workflow types of additional built-in steps.