Actions are special things that can be done with particular object or list of objects. Action may be a task, or (later) a script, java class or any similar mechanism.

Item Summary
Name	Type	Multiplicity	Description
name	property string	[1,1]	Action short name (identifier).
description	property string	[0,1]	Free-form description.
display	container DisplayType	[0,1]	Specification of action display properties.
taskTemplateRef	reference ObjectReferenceType	[0,1]	Reference to task template.

Items
- name
  
  Flags: RAM,runtime
  
  Multiplicity: [1,1]
  
  Action short name (identifier). This element is not displayed to the user. It is used for identification of the action and referencing (e.g. previous column). The definitions that have the same name in different layers (global, role, user) will be merged together.
- description
  
  Flags: RAM,runtime
  
  Multiplicity: [0,1]
  
  Free-form description. It is not displayed to the user. It is supposed to be used by system administrators to explain the purpose of the configuration.
- display
  
  Flags: RAM,runtime
  
  Multiplicity: [0,1]
  
  Specification of action display properties. (Only label is implemented in midPoint 3.9)
- taskTemplateRef
  
  Flags: RAM
  
  Multiplicity: [0,1]
  
  Reference to task template. The template will be used to start a new task for the selected object or objects.