How can I invoke an action from another action?

Question

Hi,

I have an action that extracts metadata from a specific file, another action change type of document in reference to a name.

If a name of this file (A) is the same of another file in another directory, file B ( different file but same name)  an existing action must be started on file B.

Is it possible?

If yes, how to.

Thanks

jpotts · Accepted Answer

Some additional specifics, such as where you are executing the action, what language you wrote the action in, etc., would be helpful, as well as what you have tried so far and any problems you've run into.

But, I will answer assuming you are talking about a rule action. One way to execute any number of actions from a rule is to configure your rule to execute JavaScript. Then, from JavaScript you can invoke as many actions you want on any objects you want.

Here's a little JavaScript snippet I pulled from the docs that shows how to execute an action from JavaScript:

var myCopyAction = actions.create("my-copy-action");
myCopyAction.parameters["destination_folder"] = companyhome;
myCopyAction.parameters["destination_name"] = "Copy of " + document.name;
myCopyAction.execute(document);

In this case, the "document" variable is automatically populated by Alfresco when it invokes the rule. But you could do a search to get another object or whatever you need to, then you could set up as many actions as you want and call execute on those objects.