Placeholder activity

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read

    • Display an activity card in Playbooks to indicate what a future activity does.

    Roles and availability

    This activity is available as a common activity. Users with the admin, playbook.admin, or pd_author can add this activity to a playbook.

    Inputs

    Open the activity properties panel and configure your activity to add values for the following inputs. If the input value varies, use the pill-picker to show where to get the value. To learn more about the pill-picker, see Dot-walking examples.
    Input Type Description
    Edit Choice Activities that you can select to replace the placeholder.
    Label String Title to display as activity and playbook card.
    Description String Information to display about activity usage or outcome. You can use this input to describe the activity needed to replace this placeholder.
    Run condition Condition Builder Conditions that must be met to run an activity or stage. You can use data from prior activities to build conditions.
    Note:
    Select Show additional options to see this field.
    Start Rule Choice Under Schedule > Start Rule, select a start rule for when your stage should start running:
    • When process starts: Your stage starts running as soon as the playbook starts.
    • After specific stages: Your stage starts running after specified stage(s) have finished running.
    Under Schedule > Start Rule, select a start rule for when your activity should start running:
    • When stage starts: Your activity starts running as soon as its stage starts running. Your stage starts running when your playbook is triggered.
    • After specific activities: Your activity starts running after specified activities have finished running.

    Outputs

    This activity does not produce output.

    Design considerations

    Add placeholders activities to skip activity configuration
    Playbooks designers can use placeholder activities to communicate the intent of an activity or playbook without having to do any configuration. Playbook designers can defer configuration to another time or delegate the configuration to another user who may better understand the playbook data model.
    Edit placeholder activities to replace them with other activities
    Placeholder activities help playbook designers create playbook, but do not produce any output or advance a playbooks when run. Edit Placeholder activities when you are ready to replace them with another activity type and configure them.