Upload File activity (how-to)

This article describes how you can use the file upload activity. In this example which is taken from the customer registry app we create a workflow where you can upload documents that are connected to your customer. In screen recordings you can also see a screen recording of how we created the datamodel for this File Upload activity.

Instructions

1. Create a new workflow. Name it Customer: File Upload and select root entity Customer. And search and add the Upload File Activity.
   

   

2. Double-click the Upload File Activity and add the following info.
   

   

3. Add the create entity activity and double-click it. Name it Create DocumentData and select Document Data as entitytype. On the property data select value Upload File Activity > File Data
   

   

4. Add another create entity activity and double-click it. Name it Create Document. Select Document as EntityType. Property selections:
   Customer select Start > Rootentity
   Data select Create Document data > Entity
   Filename select Upload File Activity > File Name
   FileSize select Upload File Activity > File Size
   

   

5. Add a commit context activity after the Create Document Activity and add a Cancel Workflow Activity to the Upload File Activity which has a criteria Dialog Result=False
   

   

6. Create a Command and Save Workflow.
   
   

Screen recording

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