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Multi-user activities let you assign a User Activity Node to specific users registered in your tenant. You configure this behavior directly in your agentic workflow code by using the assign_to method on a UserFlow. You start by instantiating the UserFlow class in your flow definition.
Python
user_flow: UserFlow = aflow.userflow()
After you create the UserFlow, configure user assignment by calling the assign_to method and passing the required parameters.
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policy
UserAssignmentPolicy
required
The assignment policy that controls who receives the user activity. Supported options include:
  • UserAssignmentPolicy.FLOW_INITIATOR: Assigns the user flow to the user who initiates the flow. If you do not explicitly set a UserAssignmentPolicy or run the flow in Preview mode, the initiator receives the user flow.
  • UserAssignmentPolicy.USER: Assigns the user flow to one or more users specified in the assignees parameter.
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assignees
string
An expression that resolves to the user or users who execute the user activity. This parameter is required when you set the policy to UserAssignmentPolicy.USER. You can provide the expression in one of the following forms:
  • A JSON array with a single user ID string. Example: '["123002B12G"]'
  • A flow variable path that references a user. Example: flow.private.employee.manager In this case, manager has the User type.
At runtime, the flow evaluates the expression and assigns the user activity to the resolved user.
Python
user_flow.assign_to(policy=UserAssignmentPolicy.USER, assignees='flow.private.designated')
Example: The following example demonstrates how you configure multiple user activities within a single flow. One user flow runs under a designated user, while a second user flow runs under the flow initiator.
Python
from ibm_watsonx_orchestrate.flow_builder.flows.flow import UserFlow


from typing import List
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
from ibm_watsonx_orchestrate.flow_builder.flows import (
    Flow, flow, UserNode, START, END
)
from ibm_watsonx_orchestrate.flow_builder.types import Assignment, UserAssignmentPolicy, UserFieldKind
from ibm_watsonx_orchestrate.flow_builder.data_map import DataMap
from ibm_watsonx_orchestrate_core.types.tools.types import WXOUser

class Name(BaseModel):
    """
    This class represents a person's name.

    Attributes:
        name (str): The person's first name.
    """
    first_name: str = Field(default="John Doe", description="First name")

class PrivateData(BaseModel):
    """
    Private data schema for the flow.
    
    Attributes:
        designated (WXOUser): The designated user for this flow
    """
    designated: WXOUser = Field(
        description="The designated user that will run the user flow"
    )
@flow(
    name ="user_flow_assigned_user",
    display_name="user_flow_assigned_user",
    description="Example of a user flow send to a different user than the initiator.",
    input_schema=Name,
    private_schema=PrivateData
)
def build_user_flow(aflow: Flow = None) -> Flow:
    
    init_script = """flow.private.designated = system.user.search_by_email('wxo.archer@ibm.com')[0]"""
    
    # TODO if running in a non local environment, replace with a real user email.
    # init_script = """flow.private.designated = system.user.search_by_email('user_email')[0]"""
    
    init_data = aflow.script(name="init_data", script=init_script)
    
    # user_flow which is a subflow to be added to the aflow
    user_flow: UserFlow = aflow.userflow()
    user_flow.assign_to(policy=UserAssignmentPolicy.USER, assignees='flow.private.designated')

    # add a text input field
    user_node1 = user_flow.field(direction="input",name="last_name", display_name="Last name",  kind=UserFieldKind.Text, text="Enter last name")

   # add user_flow edges
    user_flow.edge(START, user_node1)
    user_flow.edge(user_node1, END)


    initiator_user_flow: UserFlow = aflow.userflow()
    initiator_user_flow.assign_to(policy=UserAssignmentPolicy.FLOW_INITIATOR)
    # add a Display user text field
    user_node2 = initiator_user_flow.field(direction="output",name="display_first_name", display_name="Display the name", kind=UserFieldKind.Text, text="Welcome {flow.userflow_1[\"Last name\"].output.value}")

    initiator_user_flow.edge(START, user_node2)
    initiator_user_flow.edge(user_node2, END) 
    
    # add the user_flow to the flow sequence to create the flow edges
    aflow.edge(START, init_data)
    aflow.edge(init_data, user_flow)
    aflow.edge(user_flow, initiator_user_flow)
    aflow.edge(initiator_user_flow, END)

    return aflow