Step Functions

• prefix: states

Table of Contents

Privileges

CreateActivity

• description: Creates an activity. Activities must poll Step Functions using the GetActivityTask and respond using SendTask* API calls.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "activity": {
        "resource_type": "activity",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    },
    "": {
        "resource_type": "",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [
            "aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}",
            "aws:TagKeys"
        ],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

CreateStateMachine

• description: Creates a state machine.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "statemachine": {
        "resource_type": "statemachine",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    },
    "": {
        "resource_type": "",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [
            "aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}",
            "aws:TagKeys"
        ],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

DeleteActivity

• description: Deletes an activity.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "activity": {
        "resource_type": "activity",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

DeleteStateMachine

• description: Deletes a state machine.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "statemachine": {
        "resource_type": "statemachine",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

DescribeActivity

• description: Describes an activity.
• access level: Read
• resource types

{
    "activity": {
        "resource_type": "activity",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

DescribeExecution

• description: Describes an execution.
• access level: Read
• resource types

{
    "execution": {
        "resource_type": "execution",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

DescribeStateMachine

• description: Describes a state machine.
• access level: Read
• resource types

{
    "statemachine": {
        "resource_type": "statemachine",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

DescribeStateMachineForExecution

• description: Describes state machine for an execution.
• access level: Read
• resource types

{
    "execution": {
        "resource_type": "execution",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

GetActivityTask

• description: Used by workers to retrieve a task (with the specified activity ARN) which has been scheduled for execution by a running state machine.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "activity": {
        "resource_type": "activity",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

GetExecutionHistory

• description: Returns the history of the specified execution as a list of events. By default, the results are returned in ascending order of the timeStamp of the events.
• access level: Read
• resource types

{
    "execution": {
        "resource_type": "execution",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

ListActivities

• description: Lists the existing activities. The results may be split into multiple pages.
• access level: List
• resource types

{
    "": {
        "resource_type": "",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

ListExecutions

• description: Lists the executions of a state machine that meet the filtering criteria. The results may be split into multiple pages.
• access level: Read
• resource types

{
    "statemachine": {
        "resource_type": "statemachine",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

ListStateMachines

• description: Lists the existing state machines. The results may be split into multiple pages.
• access level: List
• resource types

{
    "": {
        "resource_type": "",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

ListTagsForResource

• description: This action lists tags for an AWS Step Functions resource.
• access level: Read
• resource types

{
    "activity": {
        "resource_type": "activity",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    },
    "statemachine": {
        "resource_type": "statemachine",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

SendTaskFailure

• description: Used by workers to report that the task identified by the taskToken failed.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "": {
        "resource_type": "",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

SendTaskHeartbeat

• description: Used by workers to report to the service that the task represented by the specified taskToken is still making progress.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "": {
        "resource_type": "",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

SendTaskSuccess

• description: Used by workers to report that the task identified by the taskToken completed successfully.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "": {
        "resource_type": "",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

StartExecution

• description: Starts a state machine execution.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "statemachine": {
        "resource_type": "statemachine",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

StopExecution

• description: Stops an execution.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "execution": {
        "resource_type": "execution",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

TagResource

• description: This action tags an AWS Step Functions resource.
• access level: Tagging
• resource types

{
    "activity": {
        "resource_type": "activity",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    },
    "statemachine": {
        "resource_type": "statemachine",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    },
    "": {
        "resource_type": "",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [
            "aws:TagKeys",
            "aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}"
        ],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

UntagResource

• description: This action removes a tag from an AWS Step Functions resource.
• access level: Tagging
• resource types

{
    "activity": {
        "resource_type": "activity",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    },
    "statemachine": {
        "resource_type": "statemachine",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    },
    "": {
        "resource_type": "",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [
            "aws:TagKeys"
        ],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}

UpdateStateMachine

• description: Updates a state machine.
• access level: Write
• resource types

{
    "statemachine": {
        "resource_type": "statemachine",
        "required": true,
        "condition_keys": [],
        "dependent_actions": []
    },
    "": {
        "resource_type": "",
        "required": false,
        "condition_keys": [
            "aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}",
            "aws:TagKeys"
        ],
        "dependent_actions": []
    }
}