---
title: "Workflow.TaskDefinition.Action"
slug: "workflowtaskdefinitionaction"
updated: 2024-10-02T09:56:04Z
published: 2024-10-02T09:56:04Z
canonical: "support.lusid.com/workflowtaskdefinitionaction"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Workflow.TaskDefinition.Action

| **Type** | **Read/write** | **Author** | **Availability** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Data provider](/v1/docs/what-are-a-data-provider-and-a-direct-provider) | Read | FINBOURNE | Provided with LUSID |

Providing you have sufficient [access control permissions](/v1/docs/creating-policies-to-control-access-to-providers-for-different-luminesce-end-users), the `Workflow.TaskDefinition.Action` provider enables you to write a [Luminesce SQL query](/v1/docs/understanding-the-luminesce-sql-query-syntax) that retrieves actions defined within [task definitions](/v1/docs/how-do-i-create-a-task-definition) from the Workflow Service.

**See also**: [Workflow.TaskDefinition](/v1/docs/workflowtaskdefinition)

## Basic usage

```sql
select * from Workflow.TaskDefinition.Action where <filter-expression>
```

## Data fields

By default, `Workflow.TaskDefinition.Action` returns a table of data populated with particular fields (columns). You can return a subset of these fields.

To list fields available to return, their data types, whether fields are considered 'main', and an explanation for each, run the following query using a [suitable tool](/v1/docs/what-tools-are-available-to-write-luminesce-queries):

```sql
select FieldName, DataType, IsMain, IsPrimaryKey, SampleValues, Description from Sys.Field where TableName = 'Workflow.TaskDefinition.Action' and FieldType = 'Column';
```

> **Note:** Fields marked 'main' are returned by queries that select a caret character, for example `select ^ from Workflow.TaskDefinition.Action`.

## Examples

> **Note:** For more example Luminesce SQL queries, visit our [Github repo](https://github.com/finbourne/luminesce-examples/tree/master/examples).

### Example 1: Retrieve all actions in a particular task definition

```sql
select * from Workflow.TaskDefinition.Action where Scope = 'approvals' and Code = 'dataApproval';
```

### Example 2: Retrieve definition of a particular action

```sql
select * from Workflow.TaskDefinition.Action where Action = 'StartWorker';
```

### Example 3: Retrieve all actions of a particular type

```sql
select * from Workflow.TaskDefinition.Action where ActionDetails like '%CreateChildTasks%';
```

An activity to be taken on completion of a state transition within a task definition in the Workflow Service. For example, start a worker, create a child task or trigger a parent task.