topic saveAction with condition and rules in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/saveaction-with-condition-and-rules/m-p/27890#M14086 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>hi , </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>i am trying to understand the saveAction command with condition, and what exactly is the role of condition here. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>saveAction(NodeRef nodeRef, Action action) </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Save an action against a node reference.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>i didnt understand the diffrence between rule and an action, if any one can explain me, that would be great.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks in advance</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> prasanth</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:53:53 GMT pmarreddy 2006-01-09T18:53:53Z saveAction with condition and rules https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/saveaction-with-condition-and-rules/m-p/27890#M14086 hi , i am trying to understand the saveAction command with condition, and what exactly is the role of condition here. saveAction(NodeRef nodeRef, Action action) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Save an action against a node reference.i didnt understand the diffrence between rule and an action, if any one can explain me, t Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:53:53 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/saveaction-with-condition-and-rules/m-p/27890#M14086 pmarreddy 2006-01-09T18:53:53Z Re: saveAction with condition and rules https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/saveaction-with-condition-and-rules/m-p/27891#M14087 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>An Action, as I an sure you are aware, is a unit of work that can be performed on a node.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>An Action can have associated with it a optional collection of Conditions.&nbsp; Each Condition can be evaluated against the node and a boolean result obtained.&nbsp; When an action is executed all conditions are evaluated and their results combined with the AND operator.&nbsp; This result is then used to determine whether the action should be executed or not.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>A Composite Action extends Actions and allows many actions to be combined together to form singe action.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>A Rule extends Composite Action and additionally has information about how the rule should be triggered automatically by the repository when a specific event occures.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So in summary a Rule is simply an Action that can be triggered/executed automatically by the repository.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The saveAction method allows actions to be saved against a node.&nbsp; This means you can create an action (in the same way you can create a rule) and save it against an node for use later.&nbsp; The difference is a saved action, unlike a rule, will never be automatically executed by the repository, it must be executed manually using the executeAction method on the actionService.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>UI support for this feature it not currently present, but in the future you could imagine being able to create a custom action, save it against a node and then have these saved actions appear in menus and actions lists in the UI.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I hope this helps to clear-up any confusion,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Roy</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:06:19 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/saveaction-with-condition-and-rules/m-p/27891#M14087 rwetherall 2006-01-11T11:06:19Z Re: saveAction with condition and rules https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/saveaction-with-condition-and-rules/m-p/27892#M14088 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>hi roy, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thank u verymuch for your prompt reply, it helped me to clear the confusion arround actions and rules.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:37:46 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/saveaction-with-condition-and-rules/m-p/27892#M14088 pmarreddy 2006-01-11T11:37:46Z