Keywords

Workflow - some process defined by user, it sequence of one step or  many steps that do something, usually its run by some Schedule. Job, Pipeline all related terms

Workflow Engine - a tool, Django app created by Finmars SCSA that helps to create and execute Workflow. This service is absolutely separated from Finmars Platform (backend) due to security and logical concerns.

Schedule - part of Workflow Engine, this service allows to execute Workflow on some regular schedule (with crontab) and user can define Payload to that Schedule as well

Payload - an input of your Workflow, normally its a JSON object (dictionary) that will be passed into Workflow Code. Its accessible via kwargs.get("payload", None) Payload itself is user-defined as its workflows