---
title: "Workflow Actions"
slug: "workflow-actions"
description: "This is a list of actions that can be used in RapidIdentity Connect to interact with RapidIdentity Portal's Workflow data."
tags: ["RapidIdentity ", "Connect", "Actions", "Portal", "Workflow"]
updated: 2022-06-03T19:48:31Z
published: 2022-06-03T19:48:31Z
canonical: "help.rapididentity.com/workflow-actions"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.rapididentity.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Workflow Actions

### getPortalEntitlementId

Get the ID of entitlement based on its name.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| connection* | expression, variable | the Portal connection definition |
| entitlementName* | text, expression, variable | the name of the entitlement |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
nameOfEntitlement = "LabMonitor"
entitlementID = getPortalEntitlementId(connection, nameOfEntitlement)
```

### startPortalWorkflow

Start a Portal workflow, returning the workflow request ID.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| connection* | expression, variable | the Portal connection definition |
| type* | choice (GRANT, REVOKE), text, expression, variable | the workflow type |
| recipientId* | text, expression, variable | the idautoID of the workflow recipient |
| entitlementId* | text, expression, variable | the ID of the workflow entitlement |
| comments | text, expression, variable | optional workflow comments |
| previousRequestId | text, expression, variable | the ID of the workflow request that granted the entitlement to be revoked (required for REVOKE of a multi-bound entitlement) |
| formData | expression, variable | optional Record or object containing form data |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
nameOfEntitlement = "LabMonitor"
entitlementId = getPortalEntitlementID(connection,
nameOfEntitlement)
workFlowStarted = startPortalWorkflow(connection, "GRANT",
"cn=testuser1,OU=People,DC=test,DC=idauto,DC=lab", entitlementId,
"Start the LabMonitor Workflow")
```