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Article last updated on the 20^th of June, 2024.

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The "Create activity" step is used to write recorded events to an entity activity log list.

Entity activity logs make it possible to record when specified events occur and log information about when the event happened, which event happened, which system triggered the event, and more.

The following image shows a process which includes the "Create activity" step:

WorkPoint Process Builder - Google Chrome

The following image shows an example of the options on the Create activity step:

Step specific properties

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
Event
Title	String	Yes	Use this field to select the list in which to create an item.
Type	String	Yes	Use this field to select which content type this step creates.
Type ID	String	Yes	Us this field to record a custom event type ID. E.g., if you have defined E-01 as an specific event type which needs to be recorded, you can input "E-01" in this field.
Source type	String	Yes	Path to the EventSourceType term in the term store (e.g. Document;Created).
Date	String	Yes	Timestamp for when the event occurred.
User	String	No	Login name of the user that initiated the event.
System	String	No	System from which the event originated.
List	String	No	The list where the event occurred.
Item	Object	No	The item on which the event occurred.
Item data	String	No	Additional field values when the event occurred. Entered as a list of fields that exist on the Item object like this: Title,Author.email,CreatedBy.Name.
Details	String	No	Use this field to add comments as additional details for the event.
Target
Business module	String	Yes	Use this field to define the business module of the entity on which you want to log the activity.
Entity	Integer	Yes	Use this field to define the ID of the entity on which you want to log the activity.

Step specific properties

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