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Human interaction pattern - Azure Tutorial
From the course: Learning Azure Durable Functions
Human interaction pattern
- In the last video we learned about the monitor pattern where an orchestration rather than the client itself can take responsibility for checking on the status of a task. In this video, we'll explore something a bit different which is the human interaction pattern. As the name implies, the human interaction pattern involves some kind of interaction with humans. Even though we automate a lot of processes today, there are certain scenarios where a human still needs to intervene or review part of that process before it can continue. It's for these scenarios where the human interaction pattern is a perfect fit. With the human interaction pattern, a durable timer, a special type of timer made for use within orchestrator functions can be used to request and wait for human interaction before proceeding. If time runs out or a different specified condition is met, this workflow can be escalated to run a different set of processes.…
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