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The ACP Workflow Form is a Gadget gadget connecting 6connect's ACP (API Composer Platform) with the ProVision interface to run Workflowsworkflows.

It allows It allows users to specify and execute Workflows workflows created in the ACP product on a ProVision Resource Entry resource entry page. 

See below for additional details on setting up and working with the ACP Workflow Form:

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Enter the ACP URL for a licensed ACP instance, then provide the ACP Username and Password for the user that should be used to execute Workflowsworkflows.

To verify the account, click "Test Configuration" - you will be notified whether the account is valid. 

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After setup, the ACP Workflows Gadget will Gadget will load with the available Workflows from your ACP instance, and can be configured to select which Workflow workflow and inputs you wish to use.

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Configuring the ACP Workflow Form

The ACP Workflow form Form is access accessed from the Edit Section page, under "Manage Gadgets".

Once ACP settings have been added to Admin Preferences, the "ACP Workflow Form" Gadget can be added to a Section, and Workflows from the associated ACP instance will be available to select. section, containing fields to select the desired Workflow workflow to Runrun, Titletitle, and map input options.

Select a Workflow, then edit then edit the title to display on the gadget and map input options. Input options will vary according to the selected Workflowworkflow.

Registered constraints can be applied to default input fields. See See Constraints for more details.

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The Constraint tab Constraints Tab is only available to Admin level users. See See Constraints for more details.

You may also choose to refresh the page once the workflow execution is complete, and/or show JSON results. 

Multiple Forms forms may be added to a Sectionsection, in order to run additional Workflows workflows or option optional settings.  When complete, click "Save".

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Working with the ACP Workflow Form

Once enabled, the Gadget gadget will show on the resource page for any resource of the section type.

Input the field data necessary for the Workflow workflow - here, it's adding a hostname - then click "Execute Workflow" to process the chain of workflow calls. 

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If the page has not refreshed, you will see a message informing you whether the Workflow workflow has successfully executed.

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In this example, a "Customer Turn-Up" Workflow workflow was selected (created in ProVision's ACP product) that performed six functions with one button click. The successful The successful "Execute" for "Customer Turn-Up" created a new customer resource entry, assigned IPv4 and IPv6 blocks to them, created a DNS zone for the hostname, and lastly created 'A' and 'AAAA' records for the zone.

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