AWS SDK Version 2 for .NET
API Reference

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.NET Framework 4.5
 
Starts an execution of the workflow type in the specified domain using the provided workflowId and input data.

This action returns the newly started workflow execution.

Access Control

You can use IAM policies to control this action's access to Amazon SWF resources as follows:

If the caller does not have sufficient permissions to invoke the action, or the parameter values fall outside the specified constraints, the action fails. The associated event attribute's cause parameter will be set to OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED. For details and example IAM policies, see Using IAM to Manage Access to Amazon SWF Workflows.

Namespace: Amazon.SimpleWorkflow
Assembly: AWSSDK.dll
Version: (assembly version)

Syntax

C#
public abstract StartWorkflowExecutionResponse StartWorkflowExecution(
         StartWorkflowExecutionRequest request
)

Parameters

request
Type: Amazon.SimpleWorkflow.Model.StartWorkflowExecutionRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the StartWorkflowExecution service method.

Return Value
Type: Amazon.SimpleWorkflow.Model.StartWorkflowExecutionResponse
The response from the StartWorkflowExecution service method, as returned by SimpleWorkflow.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
DefaultUndefinedException
LimitExceededException Returned by any operation if a system imposed limitation has been reached. To address this fault you should either clean up unused resources or increase the limit by contacting AWS.
OperationNotPermittedException Returned when the caller does not have sufficient permissions to invoke the action.
TypeDeprecatedException Returned when the specified activity or workflow type was already deprecated.
UnknownResourceException Returned when the named resource cannot be found with in the scope of this operation (region or domain). This could happen if the named resource was never created or is no longer available for this operation.
WorkflowExecutionAlreadyStartedException Returned by StartWorkflowExecution when an open execution with the same workflowId is already running in the specified domain.

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5