Starting a Workflow Execution - Amazon Simple Workflow Service

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
  1. Open the Amazon SWF console, and in the left navigation pane, choose Domains.

  2. Below the domain name, choose Workflows.

  3. On the Workflows page, choose the workflow that you want to execute.

  4. Choose Start execution.

  5. 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.

    
                  Start workflow: required fields
  6. (Optional) Choose Advanced options to specify the following details for your workflow execution:

    
                  Register activity: optional fields
  7. Choose Start execution.

Old console
  1. 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.

    • Domain

    • Workflow Name

    • Workflow Version

    • Workflow ID

    • Task List

    • Maximum Execution Run Time

    • Task Start to Close Timeout

    Fields marked with an asterisk ((*)) are required.

    
                  Start New Execution : Execution Details

    Choose Continue.

  2. In the Additional Options dialog box, specify:

    • A set of Tags to associate with the workflow execution. You can use these tags to query information about your workflow executions.

    • An Input string that is meaningful to the execution. This string isn't interpreted by Amazon SWF.

    • A Child Policy.

    
                  Start New Execution : Additional Options
  3. 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.

    
                  Start New Execution : Review