Workflow Activity Reference

In the Geocortex Workflow TypeScript SDK, activities are represented as simple classes with an execute method.

// @displayName MyCustomActivity
// @category Custom Activities
export class MyCustomActivity {
// The unique identifier of the activity.
static action =
"uuid:5ab188eb-dc0d-42c7-bc3a-57cdcda0adcb::MyCustomActivity";
// The identifier of the suite of activities that this activity belongs to.
static suite = "uuid:5ab188eb-dc0d-42c7-bc3a-57cdcda0adcb";
// Perform the execution logic of the activity.
async execute(
inputs: MyCustomActivityInputs
): Promise<MyCustomActivityOutputs> {
return { result: "test" };
}
}

Registering Activities

The recommended method of creating and registering a new activity is through the npm run activity script.

  1. The script will perform the following operations:
    1. Create a new activity .ts file with the provided name in the src/activities folder.
    2. Populate the activity .ts file from an activity template.
    3. Register the activity in src/index.ts.
tip

It's convention to use PascalCase for activity names. You can add many activities to the same project.

Inputs and Outputs

The execute method of an activity class has typed inputs and outputs. These inputs and outputs are decorated with block tags to provide display hints in Geocortex Workflow Designer.

src/activities/CustomActivity.ts
/** An interface that defines the inputs of the activity. */
export interface CustomActivityInputs {
// @description The first input to the activity.
// @required
input1?: string;
// @description The second input to the activity.
input2?: number;
}
/** An interface that defines the outputs of the activity. */
export interface CustomActivityOutputs {
/** A result of the activity. */
// @description The result of the activity.
result: string;
}
// @category Custom Activities
// @description A description of the activity.
export class CustomActivity {
static action = "your:unique:namespace::CustomActivity";
static suite = "your:unique:namespace";
// Perform the execution logic of the activity.
async execute(
inputs: CustomActivityInputs
): Promise<CustomActivityOutputs> {
return { result: "test" };
}
}

App Activities

The Geocortex Workflow TypeScript SDK has a concept of an AppActivity, which is an activity that needs access to its host.

Activities that extend the AppActivity gain access to the map, app, or widget properties.

note

Depending on the type of host application, different resources will be available. For example, Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS is the only platform which has access to the widget property.

import { AppActivity } from "@geocortex/workflow/runtime/app/AppActivity";
// @supportedApps GWV
// @category Custom Activities
// @description An activity which adds a graphics layer to a map.
export class CustomAppActivity extends AppActivity {
static action = "your:unique:namespace::AddLayerToMap";
static suite = "your:unique:namespace";
// Perform the execution logic of the activity.
async execute(inputs: object): Promise<void> {
// This function has access to the this.map, this.app, and this.widget properties.
// ...
return;
}
}

For a complete example, check out the Add Layer to Map custom activity tutorial.

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