Describe the types of business challenges a custom server activity can solve by performing these tasks:

• Summarize the approach to learning used in this module
• Configure the Advanced Workflows: Developing Custom Server Activities
• Describe the characteristics of custom server activities

Explain the role of Geocortex Essentials Workflow Designer in analyzing custom activity solutions by performing these tasks:

• Describe how to use a reference workflow activity to explore candidate tasks
• Use a referenced workflow activity to examine custom activity functionality
• Describe how to use the Save As Assembly feature to explore candidate tasks
• Use an assembly-based activity

Describe how to code a custom activity class with Visual Studio by performing these tasks:

• Describe the role of activity subclasses
• Describe the two types of activities
• Identify the workflow activity argument types
• Describe the role of the execute method
• Manage custom activities in Visual Studio

Build a basic custom server activity with Visual Studio by performing these tasks:

• Describe how to build a custom server activity using Visual Studio
• Build a server workflow activity using Visual Studio
• Describe how to automate activity deployment
• Automate activity deployment using Visual Studio
• Describe how to add exception handling to a custom server activity
• Add exception handling to a custom server activity
• Describe how to configure activity debugging in Visual Studio
• Configure activity debugging in Visual Studio

Configure an activity designer for a custom activity by performing these tasks:

• Describe how to add attributes to a custom activity
• Add designer attributes to an activity’s arguments
• Describe how to improve the activity’s user interface
• Add an activity designer to a custom activity