If workflow initiation trigger : Before Record Loa...
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Stephan Vagner
09/19/2022, 10:49 PMIf workflow initiation trigger : Before Record Load
What's the difference if the Action is Entry vs Before Record Load? Isnt it same thing?
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Tristan Day
09/20/2022, 7:57 AMyes, entry will trigger every time the state initiates - whereas if you have the WF set to trigger on "all", etc - then setting the action to Before Load etc would only run at that point
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Stephan Vagner
09/20/2022, 7:59 AMSo,
WF: Before Record load, Action: Entry
WF: All, Action: Before Record load
WF: Before record load, Action; Before record load
All 3 are same thing it seems?
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Tristan Day
09/20/2022, 8:29 AMyes, but only because of the WF trigger state in your first and third example
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Stephan Vagner
09/20/2022, 8:30 AMOkay, Can you tell me in a simple example, which is more performative?
WF: All , Action: Before record load
WF: Before record load, Action: Entry
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Tristan Day
09/20/2022, 8:30 AM#2
Tristan Day
09/20/2022, 8:30 AMas the WF will fire less often
Tristan Day
09/20/2022, 8:31 AMif you check logs on #1, you'd see it firing repeatedly in before load, before submit and after submit
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Tristan Day
09/20/2022, 8:32 AMas an aside, where you are controlling the trigger at WF level (in this instance, before load) it is easier to diagnose behavior is you keep the action trigger on "entry" as then you can just change the WF trigger to after submit / before submit etc and not have to mess with the action trigger
Tristan Day
09/20/2022, 8:32 AMwhereas if you set the action trigger to before load, but change the wf trigger to after submit, it will never fire unless you also change the action trigger
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Stephan Vagner
09/20/2022, 8:33 AMRight cause the action would be impossible to fire there
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Stephan Vagner
09/20/2022, 8:33 AMthanks for that
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Stephan Vagner
09/20/2022, 8:33 PMWhy is WF initiating 3 times even tho I have Before Record Load
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Tristan Day
09/20/2022, 10:24 PM(I think it's) Because it started the workflow "before load". If it has started before load, it will continue to assess each further stage to the end.
Try setting the WF trigger to "before submit" and see if it still / also triggers on "before load".
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Stephan Vagner
09/20/2022, 10:24 PMThanks Tristan. I set it to WF: Before record submit. Action; Before record submit
Stephan Vagner
09/20/2022, 10:25 PMand then Log shows 2 initiations for Beor submit and After submit
Stephan Vagner
09/20/2022, 10:25 PMThe ONETRY (not sure why its named that) for before load is no longer there
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Tristan Day
09/20/2022, 10:25 PMaye, so the wf trigger is "cascading"
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Stephan Vagner
09/20/2022, 10:25 PMso I guess ... it still goes through the stages
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Tristan Day
09/20/2022, 10:25 PMwhereas if you set it to "all", then it ENTERS the workflow at each stage
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Stephan Vagner
09/20/2022, 10:26 PMVery intersting thanks
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