Action Types Overview¶

Source: https://www.palantir.com/docs/foundry/action-types/overview/ Captured during the ontology-parity effort. Concrete feature taxonomy only.

Definition¶

An action type is "the definition of a set of changes or edits to objects, property values, and links that a user can take at once" — a single transaction.

Architectural components¶

Parameters¶

User-input mechanism; dropdown selections with filtering; default values; contextual override config; documented performance considerations.

Execution models¶

Rules-based — declarative logic for automatic state transitions; condition evaluation + property-modification rules.
Function-backed — programmatic execution via deployed functions; batched execution for bulk ops; TS v1/v2 + Python.

Submission & validation¶

Submission criteria — conditional validation before commit; user-authorization checks; data-consistency enforcement.
Permission controls — role-based restrictions; object-level security integration; edit-only property constraints.

Side effects & downstream actions¶

Notification delivery; webhook invocation; schedule/build triggers; cascading edits to related objects.

Data mutation capabilities¶

Direct property modification; link create/modify; attachment/media uploads; inline edits; ontology materialization updates.

Platform integration¶

Actions are callable from Object Explorer, Object Views (standard/full/panel), Workshop, interfaces/structs, and external systems via API.

Observability & governance¶

Execution logging + metrics; undo/revert; user edit-history tracking; monitoring dashboards.