Actions and capabilities of Form-centric AEM Workflows on OSGi and AEM Forms JEE workflows actions-and-capabilities-of-form-centric-aem-workflows-on-osgi-and-aem-forms-jee-workflows
AEM Inbox and HTML Workspace aem-inbox-and-html-workspace
You can use AEM Inbox to run and monitor Forms-centric AEM Workflows on OSGi. Whereas, HTML Workspace lets you run and monitor AEM Forms JEE Workflows. The following table helps you understand various important actions available in AEM Inbox for Forms-centric AEM Workflows on OSGi and in HTML Workspace for AEM Forms JEE Workflows.
Form-centric AEM Workflows on OSGi and AEM Forms JEE Workflows form-centric-aem-workflows-on-osgi-and-aem-forms-jee-workflows
Form-centric AEM Workflows on OSGi and AEM Forms JEE Workflows (AEM Forms on JEE Process Management) have a different set of capabilities. The following table helps you understand important capabilities available in Form-centric AEM Workflows on OSGi and AEM Forms on JEE Workflows:
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You can use Form-centric AEM Workflows on OSGi to sign a filled adaptive form. Form-centric AEM Workflows on OSGi supports out of the form signing. The in-form signing experience is not supported.
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You require access to AEM Inbox to run and monitor Form-Centric workflows on AEM Forms OSGi and HTML Workspace to run and monitor AEM Forms JEE Workflows.
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Native AEM Forms Document Services are available for both Form-centric AEM Workflows on OSGi and AEM Forms on JEE Workflows. AEM Workflow uses native document services for Form-centric AEM Workflows on OSGi and AEM Forms JEE (Process Management) Workflows.
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AEM Forms JEE Workflows can only render an adaptive form. It does not support rendering an adaptive form as a PDF document.
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AEM forms JEE Workflows do not have a separate step for Adobe Sign. You require an Adobe Sign enabled adaptive form for AEM forms JEE Workflows. For more details, see Adobe Sign documentation.
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You can use the Invoke Form Data Model Service step to invoke a web-service service and post or retrieve data from a third-party application.
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You can use the Send Email step to send emails.
Differences between AEM Inbox and AEM Forms app features differences-between-aem-inbox-and-aem-forms-app-features
Two of the prominent ways to launch a Forms-centric workflow are using AEM Inbox and AEM Forms app. The capabilities of AEM Inbox and AEM Forms app, however, differ. AEM Inbox works only with Forms-centric workflows while the AEM Forms app works with both Forms-centric workflows and process management.
The following table lists the capabilities of AEM Inbox and AEM Forms app: