Actions

An action is an entity assigned to a business object node that describes an operation. You can perform an action on one, more than one, or no instance. An action that operates on no instance is a static action. An action can have an importing parameter that the consumer hands over to the implementation class during runtime.

You can use an action to allow the consumer to trigger external business logic. The consumer must specify the following parameters when calling an action:

• The key of the instances on which the action operates

  Note

  This specification only applies when the action operates on one or more instances.

• Any input parameters that the action requires

To prevent an action from operating on certain instances, you can define an action validation. For more information, see Action Validations.

Implementation of Actions