Step Types

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Approval Step Type

The Approval step is all about asking your potential assignees a yes/no question in relation to data that has been provided in the entry.

Notification Step Type

The notification step allows you to send notifications that were created in the Gravity Forms Notifications tab or define specific notifications in its' step settings.

Outgoing Webhook Step Type

The Outgoing Webhook step is all sending a request to another system, possibly providing entry data to that system or receiving data to map back into the entry.

The Workflow Step Framework

The Gravity Flow Workflow Step Framework allows developers to add new step types quickly and with minimum effort. The Gravity_Flow_Step abstract class is used as the base class to create new step types.

Types of steps and where they come from

If your website only has Gravity Forms and Gravity Flow active there are 5 default step types available. These break down into two categories:.

Update User Step

The Update User Step provides a way to update the profile of any user on your WordPress site including any meta fields defined on it.

User Input Step Type

From a website users’ perspective the User Input step type is the closest equivalent to a standard form submission. That doesn’t mean that it is just about replicating the submission experience as the combination of assignees, display field and editable field settings can allow you to configure user input steps that serve a wide variety of use cases.

Workflow Start & Complete Step Type

When a new workflow is created, the Start and Complete settings will appear at the top and bottom of the step list. They are used to define global settings that apply to the entire workflow and after the workflow is complete.