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title: Self-service stage reference
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# Self-service stage reference

This chapter describes the individual stages that can be called by a self-service process, the purpose of the stage, any required parameters, dependencies on preceding or following stages, and the expected stage output.

The stages are listed in alphabetical order, for ease of reference, but they cannot be configured in random order. For example, some stages require input from the process `state` that has been populated by a preceding stage.

The `identityServiceURL` is a required parameter for most self-service stages. The self-service stages operate on a managed object. The `identityServiceURL` indicates the object type, for example, `managed/user`.