Types of Actions
CentraSite supports the following types of actions:
Manual Actions are long-run processes that involve manual user intervention to complete the execution of the action. For example, Approval is a manual action.
Be aware that although CentraSite allows you to use system-defined manual actions in creating policies, you cannot create a new manual action.
Axiomatic Actions are simple actions used to configure parameters. No code is involved in the execution of axiomatic actions. Axiomatic actions are used in run-time policies.
Programmatic Actions are usually executed by means of program code. Specifically, a programmatic action fires an
action rule when the action executes. You write an action rule as a Java class or a Groovy script. Programmatic actions are used only in design/change-time policies.
CentraSite provides sample action rules. You upload action rules when you create a custom action template.
For more information on the policy actions that
CentraSite ships, see
Built-In Design/Change-Time Actions Reference and
Run-Time Governance with CentraSite.
