Trigger workflow from UI Action Button

[Dazler]

Hi,

Can you trigger a workflow from a UI Action button? Or do I have to create a business rule to trigger the workflow?

I found this and added it to the UI Action button, but it is not working.

var id = '12345647891023456789123456789'; //sys_id of workflow

startWorkflow(id);

function startWorkflow(id) {

var w = new Workflow();

var context = w.startFlow(id, current, current.operation(),getVars());

}

I am still quite new to ServiceNow and I am a fast learner.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[Cheyenne1]

Yes you can. This thread may help https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=af22db21db101fc01dcaf3231f96191d 

[Dazler]

Hi, 

Thank you for replying back.

I can't seem to get it to trigger, do I need to add a condition?  The only condition I need is if the button is clicked.  That is the only condition.

How would I add that condition in the code that I provided above?

[ARG645]

Okay, you almost there. Just remove the additional parameters in startFlow function. If this doesnt work, then check if your workflow runs when you insert or update a record or by some other means to make sure your workflow is health. 

var id = '12345647891023456789123456789'; //sys_id of workflow

startWorkflow(id);

function startWorkflow(id) {

  var w = new Workflow();

  var context = w.startFlow(id,current);

}

[Dazler]

Hi,

It didn't work.  I need the workflow to run because I have a UI Action button on my Catalog Task list and when I hit the button the records that are selected, I need the record information to pass to the workflow so that I can use Powershell to export the information to an excel csv.

So it does not need to trigger the workflow on insert or update.  So I set the condition on my workflow to Run on the sys_id of the UI Action button, but that didn't work.

Am I missing something?