Table Updation through Workflow

Hi All,
I have a scenario in my project in which a workflow is to be triggered when an entry is made in a table.
Now this workflow has to read some data from some tables and then update some other tables.
My doubt is it possible through workflows to update the tables? If yes is it advisable.Also how will the
updation happen? Should methods for updation will be written in BO methods? Or should a task be called
which does the same.
Please suggest,
Saket.

Hi Saket,
Yes it is possible!
To trigger workflow from table updates you can use table level events. Refer to
Re: WorkFlow when Data is changed in Table or program
Also you can update a table from a workflow. To do this, create an Activity step in workflow. In this, you can call a BO method. This BO method would store the code to update the database table required.
Just take care of the bindings between the method -> task -> workflow container.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Saumya

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