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Difference between Activity and Utility
Can someone explain me the difference between Activity and Utility?
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Activity is a Rule of Rule-Obj-Activity and Utility is a shape in the Pega flow.This shape will refer an activity with the usage type is selected as a Utility.
There are several usage types for an activity such as Utility, Connect, Assign, Notify, or Route. Based on the type can refer in the specific shapes and purpose.
Accepted Solution
Activity is a Rule of Rule-Obj-Activity and Utility is a shape in the Pega flow.This shape will refer an activity with the usage type is selected as a Utility.
There are several usage types for an activity such as Utility, Connect, Assign, Notify, or Route. Based on the type can refer in the specific shapes and purpose.
Hello Kasun,
Ideally we should call 'Utility' type activity in an Utility shape of a flow. However in my application I have observed cases where 'Activity' Type Activity was referred in the utility shape. which is also working fine in production. My question is, why in first hand we have these two type (utility type and activity type) when both can be called same purpose. or is there any specific scenario for these two based on what we call them? Thanks in advance.
Regards
Anirban
Hi Saritha,
An activity is an instance of the Rule-Obj-Activity rule type. An activity is the fundamental sequential processing unit of the Process Commander system.
The shape in a Visio flow diagram, references an activity that updates a work object, but does not require user interaction and input. Your system includes standard activities for utility tasks, and you can create additional ones.
Each utility task references an activity with an Activity Type of Utility from utility shape we can call activity but vise versa not possible.
Hello!
I found this definition in this Help Topic. Does it answer your query?
You can use the Utility shape to call an activity from a flow. By using an activity, you can use fewer shapes in your flow and perform processing that does not require human input.
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