ActionGroup

ActionGroup is a term used in computing to denote a cohesive set of actions or handlers that are executed in response to an event or user interaction. The concept serves to encapsulate related actions, enabling reuse, predictable behavior, and centralized management across a system. An action group typically has a name and contains one or more actions, each with its own parameters. It may specify ordering, error handling, and retry semantics, and it is often invoked by triggers, rules, or workflows.

In alerting and incident management, action groups are used to define who should be notified and how when an alert fires. For example, in cloud monitoring services, an action group specifies recipients such as email addresses, SMS numbers, push notifications, or webhooks, along with escalation rules and conditions. This allows consistent routing of alerts and reduces duplication of notification logic.

In workflow automation and orchestration, an action group can represent a reusable collection of steps that run after a trigger. Reusing the group promotes consistency and simplifies maintenance, as changes to the group propagate to all workflows that reference it.

In user interface design, an action group may refer to a logical grouping of related actions in a toolbar, menu, or command surface. This grouping helps organize controls, clarify intent, and improve discoverability.

Implementation considerations include ensuring idempotency of actions, defining clear ordering or parallel execution, handling partial failures, securing access to the actions and their parameters, and providing versioning or backward compatibility for the group definition.