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0463 Engine Actions

A EngineAction entity is an Action used to control the execution of a single call to a governance service.

The creation of an EngineAction entity typically triggers the execution of a governance service in a governance engine. As the governance service runs, the governance engine adds information to the EngineAction describing the status of the governance service and the actions taken against specific resources. Once the action is complete, the EngineAction entity acts as an audit record for the actions taken.

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EngineAction entity

The EngineAction entity has the following attributes used to gather information about the work that needs to be completed and the context for that work:

  • domainIdentifier - Identifier of the governance domain that recognizes this action. Zero typically means 'any' domain.
  • requestType - The request type used to call the governance service.
  • requestParameters - Request parameters to pass to the governance service when called.
  • requesterUserId - User identity for the person, process or engine that requested this action.
  • executorEngineGUID - Unique identifier of the governance engine nominated to run the request.
  • executorEngineName - Unique name of the governance engine nominated to run the request.
  • processName - Unique name of the process that initiated this request (if applicable).
  • processStepGUID - Unique identifier of the governance action process step that initiated this request (if applicable).
  • processStepName - Unique name of the governance action process step that initiated this request (if applicable).
  • governanceActionTypeGUID - Unique identifier of the governance action type that initiated this request (if applicable).
  • governanceActionTypeName - Unique name of the governance action type that initiated this request (if applicable).
  • mandatoryGuards - The list of guards that must be received before this engine action can progress.
  • receivedGuards - List of guards received from the previous governance service(s).
  • processingEngineUserId - User identity of the governance engine running in the engine host server that has claimed responsibility for executing this engine action.
  • completionGuards - List of guards returned by the governance service.
  • completionMessage - Message to provide additional information on the results of acting on the target by the actor or the reasons for any failures.

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