Workflow Definition

Workflow Definition define how task will run

Example

{
  "name": "test",
  "rev": "simple",
  "description": "No description",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "name": "task-1",
      "taskReferenceName": "task-1",
      "type": "TASK",
      "inputParameters": {
        "userId": "${workflow.input.user._id}"
      },
      "retry": { 
        "limit": 3, // This will overide task difinition
        "delay": 1, // This will overide task difinition
      },
      "ackTimeout": 500, // This will overide task difinition
      "timeout": 5000 // This will overide task difinition
    },
    {
      "name": "task-2",
      "taskReferenceName": "task-2",
      "type": "TASK",
      "inputParameters": {
        "userId": "${workflow.input.user._id}"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "task-3",
      "taskReferenceName": "task-3",
      "type": "TASK",
      "inputParameters": {
        "userId": "${workflow.input.user._id}"
      }
    }
  ],
  "failureStrategy": "COMPENSATE",
  "outputParameters": {
    "transactionId": "${workflow.transactionId}",
    "task-1-input": "${task-1.input}",
    "task-2-output-hello": "${task-2.output.hello}",
    "when-task-2-completed": "${task-2.endTime}"
  }
}

Field	Description	Required	Default
name	Workflow's name.	true
rev	Workflow's revision, workflow can have multiple revision	true
description	Description of the workflow	true
tasks	An array of tasks	true
failureStrategy	How to handle when workflow failed	false	FAILED
outputParameters	Map output of workflow from tasks	false	{}