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Call IFS API will trigger workflow?

  • January 30, 2026
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Sidekick (Customer)
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Hi all,

 

I understand that we can use projection actions and event actions to trigger workflows.

Clicking a button or performing any human action in the web client triggers a projection workflow (e.g., validation, user interaction, or process enhancement).

My question is: what happens if we call the IFS Projection API from our own backend? Will the workflow still be triggered by the projection action, particularly for workflows that require user interaction? In this case, there is no web page involved because it is all backend.

Thank you.

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    Hero (Employee)
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    At the moment, workflow user forms can only be displayed in the IFS Cloud web client. When the client makes a projection call and the response indicates that workflow user forms are required, the client is specifically designed to render those forms.

    If you trigger the same projection action through your own backend using the IFS Projection API, the workflow will still execute, but any workflow step that depends on user interaction (such as user forms) will not be presented, because there is no client capable of displaying them in that scenario.

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