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SignalExternalWorkflowExecutionFailedEventAttributes - Amazon Simple Workflow Service

SignalExternalWorkflowExecutionFailedEventAttributes

Provides the details of the SignalExternalWorkflowExecutionFailed event.

Contents

cause

The cause of the failure. This information is generated by the system and can be useful for diagnostic purposes.

Note

If cause is set to OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED, the decision failed because it lacked sufficient permissions. For details and example IAM policies, see Using IAM to Manage Access to Amazon SWF Workflows in the Amazon SWF Developer Guide.

Type: String

Valid Values: UNKNOWN_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION | SIGNAL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_RATE_EXCEEDED | OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED

Required: Yes

decisionTaskCompletedEventId

The ID of the DecisionTaskCompleted event corresponding to the decision task that resulted in the SignalExternalWorkflowExecution decision for this signal. This information can be useful for diagnosing problems by tracing back the chain of events leading up to this event.

Type: Long

Required: Yes

initiatedEventId

The ID of the SignalExternalWorkflowExecutionInitiated event corresponding to the SignalExternalWorkflowExecution decision to request this signal. This information can be useful for diagnosing problems by tracing back the chain of events leading up to this event.

Type: Long

Required: Yes

workflowId

The workflowId of the external workflow execution that the signal was being delivered to.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Required: Yes

control

The data attached to the event that the decider can use in subsequent workflow tasks. This data isn't sent to the workflow execution.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 32768.

Required: No

runId

The runId of the external workflow execution that the signal was being delivered to.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 64.

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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