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Workflow applications combine document processing, business decisions, human review, and result delivery into repeatable business processes. They are suitable for multi-document or multi-step scenarios, especially when a single extraction API is not sufficient or conditional decisions are required.

Business workflow templates

ADP provides preset business processes for accounts payable, expense reimbursement, and financial reporting. Query the template catalog to obtain each template’s stable public application_id and run-readiness state for your account.

Custom workflows

Use the AI conversational assistant in the official ADP platform to create, refine, and publish a workflow for your documents, business rules, and desired outcomes.
OpenAPI does not currently support creating custom workflows. Go to the official ADP platform and use the AI conversational assistant to describe your business requirements and create a workflow. Test and publish it in the platform before using the OpenAPIs in this section to discover and run it.

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Create and call a workflow

  1. Choose how to create it: Use an existing business workflow template, or use the AI conversational assistant in the official ADP platform to create a custom workflow.
  2. Test and publish it: Verify the workflow’s inputs, processing steps, and outputs in the platform, then publish the application.
  3. Obtain the application ID: For a business workflow template, use the stable public application_id returned by List business workflow templates. For a custom workflow, use the id returned by List runnable workflow applications.
  4. Run the workflow: Choose synchronous execution when you need to wait for the result, or create an asynchronous task and then query, rerun, or cancel the run as needed.
Before calling a business workflow template, confirm that its can_run value is true. If it is false, add, configure, and publish the corresponding application in the official ADP platform first.

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OpenAPI capabilities

OpenAPI currently supports discovering business workflow templates. For workflows that have already been created and published, it also provides application discovery, execution, and run-management capabilities. Create, refine, and publish custom workflows in the official ADP platform.