Create Work Item

Description

Creates a manual work item.

Syntax

public virtual WFEvent CreateWorkItem(string activityInstanceID, string workToPerform, string userID, WFTimeDuration duration, string clientData)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
activityInstanceID	string	A string that contains the ID for an activity instance.
workToPerform	string	A string that specifies the work to perform.
userID	string	A string that contains a user ID for the user associated with the work item.
duration	WFTimeDuration	A time-duration object that specifies the duration setting of the work item.
clientData	string	A string that contains the client data. If clientData is null, the system will keep existing client data, otherwise the relevant data would be overwritten.

Output

WFEvent object that provides the status of the transaction. Possible statuses are Success, Failed, and Sent.

Example

IWFWorkflowService svc = GetWorkflowService();
string activityInstanceID = … // for example, "0172460E0AF943C6A6520044452BCAB3";
string workToPerform = … // for example, "SubmitRequest";
//different workToPerform can be used if desired

WFTimeDuration duration = new WFTimeDuration("15", WFTimeUnit.DAY, true );// business time
string user = @"[DOMAIN NAME]\username"; //the participant of the linked work item

try
	{
    WFEventevt = svc.CreateWorkItem(activityInstanceID,
    workToPerform, user, duration, null);
	}

catch(Exception ex)
	{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed! " + ShUtil.GetSoapMessage(ex));
    }

Supported Versions

3.2.0.4 and higher

Parent topic: Methods for Manual Work Items (Tasks)