Where action type business event is used

 

🎯 Short Answer

👉 Business Events defined in Action Type are used in Orchestration Rules (Policies) as triggers for the NEXT step.

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🧠 Where exactly they are used

📍 Location in UI

You will use them in:

👉 Orchestration → Policies (Rules)

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🔗 How they are used

Step-by-step flow:

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1️⃣ Initial Business Event (starts flow)

Example:

Order Created

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2️⃣ Rule triggers Action Type

IF Order Created → Execute Fulfillment Action

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3️⃣ Action runs (Provider Action + Flow)

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4️⃣ Action Type emits Business Event

Defined in Action Type:

• Business Event Success → Fulfillment Completed

• Business Event Failure → Fulfillment Failed

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5️⃣ These events are USED in next rules

IF Fulfillment Completed → Trigger Shipping

IF Fulfillment Failed → Retry or Alert

👉 THIS is where they are actually used.

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🔁 Full Chain (Important)

Order Created (Business Event)
        ↓
Rule 1
        ↓
Action Type (Fulfillment)
        ↓
Provider Action executes
        ↓
Fulfillment Completed (Business Event from Action Type)
        ↓
Rule 2 uses this event
        ↓
Next Action (Shipping)

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📦 Real Example (End-to-End)

Action Type config:

• Success Event → Inventory Reserved

• Failure Event → Inventory Reservation Failed

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Orchestration Rules:

Rule 1:
IF Order Created → Reserve Inventory

Rule 2:
IF Inventory Reserved → Send to Fulfillment

Rule 3:
IF Inventory Reservation Failed → Retry

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⚠️ Important Insight

👉 If you don’t use these events in rules, then:

• Flow executes

• BUT orchestration stops there

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🧠 Simple Analogy

Step	Meaning
Action Type Event	Signal raised 📡
Rule	Listener 👂
Next Action	Reaction ⚡

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✅ Final takeaway

👉 Action Type Business Events are not for display — they are used as triggers in subsequent orchestration rules.

They enable:

• chaining steps

• branching logic

• error handling