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 type
    Participants are the members of a particular role.
  • Group type
    Participants are the members of a particular group.
  • Filter type
    Participants are selected through a search filter.
  • Custom type
    Participants are determined by a custom participant resolver.
Note:
For more information about other types of participant resolvers, see the
Administration Guide
.