Benchling · Schema

WorkflowTask

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Properties

Name Type Description
executionFlowchartId string The ID of the flowchart that this task will execute. This will only be defined if the task has exectutionType FLOWCHART
executionType string The method by which the task of the workflow is executed
nextOutputs array The outputs in the flowchart which are generated by this task.
nextTasks array The downstream tasks in the flowchart which are generated by this task.
responsibleParties array List of users and teams that are responsible for this task
rootTask object The task which is at the root of the flowchart. This will be null if the task is not part of a flowchart.
sourceOutputs array The parent outputs in the flowchart which were used to generate this task.
sourceTasks array The parent tasks in the flowchart which were used to generate this task.
workflowOutputs array The outputs of the workflow task group
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JSON Schema

WorkflowTask.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.github.io/benchling/json-schema/WorkflowTask.json",
  "title": "WorkflowTask",
  "allOf": [
    {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/WorkflowTaskBase"
    },
    {
      "properties": {
        "executionFlowchartId": {
          "description": "The ID of the flowchart that this task will execute. This will only be defined if the task has exectutionType FLOWCHART",
          "example": "wffc_6fd512",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "executionType": {
          "description": "The method by which the task of the workflow is executed",
          "enum": [
            "DIRECT",
            "ENTRY",
            "FLOWCHART",
            "PROCEDURE",
            "PROCEDURE_METHOD",
            "PROCEDURE_STEP"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "nextOutputs": {
          "description": "The outputs in the flowchart which are generated by this task.",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/WorkflowOutputSummary"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "nextTasks": {
          "description": "The downstream tasks in the flowchart which are generated by this task.",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/WorkflowTaskSummary"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "responsibleParties": {
          "description": "List of users and teams that are responsible for this task",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PartySummary"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "rootTask": {
          "allOf": [
            {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/WorkflowTaskSummary"
            }
          ],
          "description": "The task which is at the root of the flowchart. This will be null if the task is not part of a flowchart."
        },
        "sourceOutputs": {
          "description": "The parent outputs in the flowchart which were used to generate this task.",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/WorkflowOutputSummary"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "sourceTasks": {
          "description": "The parent tasks in the flowchart which were used to generate this task.",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/WorkflowTaskSummary"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "workflowOutputs": {
          "description": "The outputs of the workflow task group",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/WorkflowOutputSummary"
          },
          "type": "array"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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