Participant Resolver Overview
A workflow activity must reference the list of participants (or approvers) who are authorized to approve a workflow activity. This reference is made in the activity’s properties, which are defined in the user interface for the particular workflow engine you are using.
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A workflow activity must reference the list of participants (or approvers) who are authorized to approve a workflow activity. This reference is made in the activity’s properties, which are defined in the user interface for the particular workflow engine you are using.
Rather than hard-code a list of participants into a workflow activity’s properties, the participants are referenced by an arbitrary name that is mapped to a
participant resolver
.The following are the different types of participant resolvers:
- Role typeParticipants are the members of a particular role.
- Group typeParticipants are the members of a particular group.
- Filter typeParticipants are selected through a search filter.
- Custom typeParticipants are determined by a custom participant resolver.
Note:
For more information about other types of participant resolvers, see the Administration Guide
.