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Hello,
Can you please suggest what is the Difference Between synchronous plugin and synchronous WorkFlow? and Real time scenario where we cant achieve from Plugin can do it from workflow or why do we need Synchronous Workflow ?
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A real time scenario where sync Workflow has advantage over sync plugin is that the execution scope implementation.
For Example, if you have Case records generated in 2 different Business Units. You want to restrict the Plugin execution on case records to just one Business unit.
This can be neatly achieved by writing a custom activity and calling it from a sync Workflow by specifying scope as Business Unit.
This can also be achieved in Plugin by writing lot of conditions inside Plugin code, and it is not a recommended way!
Hi,
another difference is that:
For plugin you can register them on pre-Validation; pre-Operation and post-Operation step in order to achieve your different requirements.
For workflow it always will be on post opretation.
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Synchronous workflow or plugin, use it when you need:
Asynchronous workflow or plugin, use it when you need:
Workflows and plugins use the same technology, but:
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Hi
Please check following link
community.dynamics.com/.../221335
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Arun Singh Negi
Hi dkrishna ,
Synchronous workflow or plugin, use it when you need:
your action done immediately (like check over data to eventually block the execution and advise user)
a series of action consequential, where to need to control action by action
Asynchronous workflow or plugin, use it when you need:
You DONT need your action done immediately like not business-critical action (e.g. data fill) or bulk data actions that will cause a timeout (in cloud environment).
Workflows and plugins use the same technology, but:
Workflows are useful for code re-use since they accept external parameters
Plugins are more flexible since you could access a larger set of behaviours
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I don't think it's about technical limitation, you should be able to implement the requirement by either. I haven't explored D365 but plugin should be technically lighter in terms of footprint as workflows get tracked more? It's about who does the change? a developer, who can quickly code the requirement in an existing plugin, or a BA who need to implement it quickly.
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