Starting a Workflow Execution
You can start a workflow execution from the Amazon SWF console. You cannot start a workflow execution until you have registered at least one workflow.
To start a workflow execution using the console
- New console
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Open the Amazon SWF console, and in the left navigation pane, choose Domains.
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Below the domain name, choose Workflows.
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On the Workflows page, choose the workflow that you want to execute.
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Choose Start execution.
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On the Start execution page, enter the Workflow name and Execution ID to identify your execution by a name. Optionally, you can also specify a Task list that will be used for the decision tasks generated for this workflow execution.
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(Optional) Choose Advanced options to specify the following details for your workflow execution:
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Task priority – The task priority to use for this workflow execution.
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Execution start to close timeout – The total duration for this workflow execution.
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Task start to close timeout – The maximum duration of decision tasks for this workflow execution.
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Child policy – The policy to use for the child workflow executions of this workflow execution if it is terminated, by calling the TerminateWorkflowExecution action explicitly or due to an expired timeout.
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Lambda role – The IAM role to attach to this workflow execution. .
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Choose Start execution.
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- Old console
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In the Amazon Simple Workflow Service Dashboard, under Quick Links, choose Start a New Workflow Execution.
In the Execution Details dialog box, enter the following information.
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Domain
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Workflow Name
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Workflow Version
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Workflow ID
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Task List
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Maximum Execution Run Time
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Task Start to Close Timeout
Fields marked with an asterisk ((
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)) are required.Choose Continue.
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In the Additional Options dialog box, specify:
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A set of Tags to associate with the workflow execution. You can use these tags to query information about your workflow executions.
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An Input string that is meaningful to the execution. This string isn't interpreted by Amazon SWF.
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A Child Policy.
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In the Review dialog box, review the information that you entered in the previous dialog boxes. If the information is correct, choose Start Execution. Otherwise, choose Back to change the information.
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