5.0 Understanding Activity Libraries

Activity libraries in the Workflow Designer contain pre-configured workflow activities and connectors that you can use to build a workflow.

When you install newer versions of activity modules, Workflow Automation automatically updates activity libraries to use the latest version, ensuring Process Authors have the most recent versions at design time. Workflow Automation does not upgrade existing workflows. For more information about manually deploying activity module updates to existing workflows, see Deploying Activity Module Updates.

The Workflow Designer supports the following types of activity libraries:

Product-specific Libraries

Contain activities related to a specific adapter, such as the AppManager adapter. The Workflow Automation Administrator installs product-specific libraries as part of installing and configuring an adapter.

Default Libraries

Contain Workflow Automation activities that you can use in any workflow.

Custom Libraries

A library you create to contain pre-configured workflow activities that you use often. Custom libraries are specific to your environment and can contain a combination of default activities, and product-specific activities. For more information about creating your own libraries, see Creating a Custom Library.