Initiate Multi-Record Workflow

Initiate a multi-record workflow on a set of records. If any record is not in the relevant state or does not meet configured field conditions, the API returns INVALID_DATA for the invalid records and the workflow does not start.

POST/api/{version}/objects/objectworkflows/actions/{workflow_name}

Headers

Name	Description
`Content-Type`	`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
`Accept`	`application/json` (default) or `application/xml`

URI Path Parameters

Name	Description
`{workflow_name}`	The workflow `name` value.

Body Parameters

The following parameters are required, but an Admin may set other fields as required in your Vault. To find which fields are required to start this workflow, Retrieve Multi-Record Workflow Details.

Name	Description
`contents__sys` required	Input a comma-separated list of records, in the format `Object:{objectname}.{record_ID}`. For example, `Object:product__c.V3O000000005001`. Maximum 100 records.
`description__sys` required	Description of the workflow. Maximum 128 characters.

Add Participants

To add participants to a workflow, add the name of the participant control to the body of the request. The value should be a comma-separated list of user and group IDs in the format {user_or_group}:{id}. For example, approvers__c: user:123,group:234. Use Retrieve Document Workflow Details to get the names of all participant controls for the workflow.

Values in Required Field Prompts

Required fields cannot be omitted, set as blank, or defaulted to their existing value.

To preserve the existing value of a required field prompt in a workflow on a single record, submit the existing value as the new value.

For a workflow on multiple records, there is no way to preserve existing values in a field if that field is a required prompt. Setting a value for a prompt updates all records to the same single value.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-d "contents__sys: Object:feature_record__c.V3O000000005001,Object:feature_record__c.V3O000000005002" \
-d "description__sys: CSR Approval" \
-d "exec_approver__c: user:10081" \
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v26.1/objects/objectworkflows/actions/Objectworkflow.approval__c

Response

{
   "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
   "data": {
       "record_url": "/api/v26.1/vobjects/envelope__sys/0ER000000009003",
       "record_id__v": "0ER000000009003",
       "workflow_id": "8703"
   }
}

Response Details

On SUCCESS, the response includes the following:

Name	Description
`record_id__v`	The `id` value of the `envelope__sys` record.
`workflow_id`	The workflow `id` field value.

Manage Multi-record Workflow Tasks

Multi-record workflows are configured on the envelope__sys object. You can use the Workflow Task endpoints to retrieve workflow tasks, details, and initiate tasks.

Remove Records from Workflow

You can remove one or more records from an envelope__sys object using the removecontent action in the Initiate Workflow Action endpoint.