Article last updated on the 16th of December, 2022.
The contents of this article may be subject to change due to ongoing development of WorkPoint Automate.
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:
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 | No | Entity Type Id. |
| 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. |