5.5.1

Type Value Description
String
eventName The eventName property is the name
of the event that a workflow is waiting
for before running. The eventName
string you pass to sendCustomEvent
must match the name of an Event
object declared in the script, action or
workflow that defines the custom
event.
String
serializedProperties The serializedProperties property
defines the parameters to pass to the
waiting workflow as a series of name-
value pairs. The syntax of
serializedProperties is as follows:
"name1=value1\nname2=value2\nna
me3=value3"
If the workflow requires no input
parameters, the
serializedProperties property can
be null or omitted.
Return Value
No return value informs applications that the sendCustomEvent operation ran successfully.
The sendCustomEvent operation returns an exception if you pass it an invalid parameter.
Receiving Messages from sendCustomEvent
Workflows waiting for a message from sendCustomEvent before they run must declare the event they are
waiting for by calling the System.waitCustomEventUntil operation from the Orchestrator API. The following
example shows two calls to waitCustomEventUntil.
System.waitCustomEventUntil("internal", customEventKey, myDate);
System.waitCustomEventUntil("external", customEventKey, myDate);
The waitCustomEventUntil operation's parameters are as follows.
internal / external
The awaited event comes from another workflow (internal) or from a Web
service application (external).
customEventKey
The name of the awaited event.
myDate
The date until which waitCustomEventUntil waits for a message from
sendCustomEvent.
simpleExecuteWorkflow Operation
The simpleExecuteWorkflow operation uses string attributes to start a workflow.
IMPORTANT This operation is deprecated since Orchestrator 4.0. Do not use simpleExecuteWorkflow.
Type Value Description
String
workflowId
ID of the Workflow to be run.
String
username
Orchestrator user name.
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