Initiate Multi-Document Workflow

Initiate a multi-document workflow on a set of documents.

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

Headers

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

URI Path Parameters

Name	Description
`workflow_name`	The multi-document workflow `name` value.

Body Parameters

Name	Description
`documents__sys`	Input a comma-separated list of document `id` field values. Maximum 100 documents.
`participant_name`	Enter the participant name and input the user or group `id` value. For example, `approvers__c: user:123,group:234`.
`description__sys`	Description of the workflow. Maximum 128 characters.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "approver__c: user:83610" \
-d "exec_approver__c: user:10081" \
-d "documents__sys: 56,31,25" \
-d "description__sys: CSR Approval" \
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v19.2/objects/documents/actions/Objectworkflow.clinical_study_report_approval__c

Response

{
    "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
    "data": {
        "record_url": "/api/v19.2/vobjects/envelope__sys/0ER000000000501",
        "record_id__v": "0ER000000000501",
        "workflow_id": "1301"
    }
}

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-Document Workflow Tasks

Multi-document workflows share some of the same capabilities as object workflows and are configured on the envelope_sys object. You can use the Object Workflow Tasks endpoints to retrieve multi-document workflow tasks, task details and initiate multi-document workflow tasks.