ActivityService

What is an activity?

• Activity represents an action that has taken place within a client interface (app/tool)
• Activity is typically initiated by the app/tool/component/service on behalf of a user (it is not necessarily initiated by the underlying repository)
• Activity is of a given/named type specified by the app/tool (for example document added)
• Activity is performed at a particular point in time (post date)
• Activity may have associated data dependent on type of activity
• Activity may be performed within a given site/network context
• Activity may be performed within a given app/tool context
• Activity may be sensitive, that is, associated with data that is permission controlled, therefore, the activity itself may be permission controlled (can or can't be read)
• Activity may be rendered into one or more UI views (activity summary)

Activities may be raised by one or more SkyVault Content Services applications. The posted activity must have a uniquely named activity type.

Examples of activity types include:

• Added, updated, and deleted documents
• Triggered on versioning
• Includes changes to metadata (explicitly denoted in feed)
• Does not include updates to tags
• Uploaded and expanded ZIP
• Added and deleted folders
• Added and removed members (person joined/left site)
• User role changes (change of user role for a site)
• New comments (on any artifact in a site, including documents, blog entries, and so on.)
• Workflow-generated activities (requires explicit posting via customizing workflow definition)
• Added, updated, and deleted events (calendar entries)
• Published, updated, and deleted wiki pages
• Published, updated, and deleted blog entries
• Blog entry published to external blog engine