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Initiate

Initiates a new workflow instance with the specified arguments.

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$Domain.Initiate(inputData: ( string | [Xml](./../Xml/index.md) ), process: string, options?: `Culture` : string

The culture of the new instance. If not specified, the current instance culture is used.

Initiator : string
The identity of the initiator. If not specified, a null value is used.

Parent : string
The parent work item. If not specified, the current work item is set as the parent.

Task : string
The name or ID of the task to initiate. If not specified, the initiator task is used if exactly one exists; otherwise, an error is thrown.

TestMode : boolean
Specifies whether to initiate in test mode. If not specified, the current instance's test mode state is used.

Version : string
The version of the process to initiate.):WorkItem

Parameters

( string | Xml ) inputData
    Specifies the input data of the new instance, as an XML string or Xml node.

string process
    Specifies the process of the new instance, either by name or ID number. If not specified, the current process is used.

Culture : string
The culture of the new instance. If not specified, the current instance culture is used.

Initiator : string
The identity of the initiator. If not specified, a null value is used.

Parent : string
The parent work item. If not specified, the current work item is set as the parent.

Task : string
The name or ID of the task to initiate. If not specified, the initiator task is used if exactly one exists; otherwise, an error is thrown.

TestMode : boolean
Specifies whether to initiate in test mode. If not specified, the current instance's test mode state is used.

Version : string
The version of the process to initiate. options optional
    Specifies the options for the new instance.

Returns

The first work item of the initiated workflow.

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