diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.html
index e2b8b1de9..a92e62e0a 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.html
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
               </div>
               <div ngbAccordion [closeOthers]="true">
                 @for (trigger of object.triggers; track trigger; let i = $index){
-                  <div ngbAccordionItem [formGroup]="triggerFields.controls[i]">
+                  <div ngbAccordionItem>
                     <div ngbAccordionHeader>
-                      <button ngbAccordionButton>{{i + 1}}. {{getTypeOptionName(triggerFields.controls[i].value.type)}}
+                      <button ngbAccordionButton>{{i + 1}}. {{getTriggerTypeOptionName(triggerFields.controls[i].value.type)}}
 
                         <button type="button" class="btn btn-link text-danger ms-3" (click)="removeTrigger(i)">
                           <svg class="sidebaricon me-1" fill="currentColor">
@@ -49,24 +49,7 @@
                     </div>
                     <div ngbAccordionCollapse>
                       <div ngbAccordionBody>
-
-                        <input type="hidden" formControlName="id" />
-                        <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Trigger type" [horizontal]="true" [items]="typeOptions" formControlName="type" [error]="error?.type"></pngx-input-select>
-                        <p class="small" i18n>Trigger for documents that match <em>all</em> filters specified below.</p>
-                        <div class="row">
-                          <div class="col-md-6">
-                            <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Filter sources" [items]="sourceOptions" [multiple]="true" formControlName="sources" [error]="error?.sources"></pngx-input-select>
-                            <pngx-input-text i18n-title title="Filter filename" formControlName="filter_filename" i18n-hint hint="Apply to documents that match this filename. Wildcards such as *.pdf or *invoice* are allowed. Case insensitive." [error]="error?.filter_filename"></pngx-input-text>
-                            <pngx-input-text i18n-title title="Filter path" formControlName="filter_path" i18n-hint hint="Apply to documents that match this path. Wildcards specified as * are allowed. Case insensitive.</a>" [error]="error?.filter_path"></pngx-input-text>
-                            <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Filter mail rule" [items]="mailRules" [allowNull]="true" formControlName="filter_mailrule" i18n-hint hint="Apply to documents consumed via this mail rule." [error]="error?.filter_mailrule"></pngx-input-select>
-                          </div>
-                          <div class="col-md-6">
-                            <pngx-input-tags [allowCreate]="false" i18n-title title="Has tags" formControlName="filter_has_tags"></pngx-input-tags>
-                            <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Has correspondent" [items]="correspondents" [allowNull]="true" formControlName="filter_has_correspondent"></pngx-input-select>
-                            <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Has document type" [items]="documentTypes" [allowNull]="true" formControlName="filter_has_document_type"></pngx-input-select>
-                          </div>
-                        </div>
-
+                        <ng-template [ngTemplateOutlet]="triggerForm" [ngTemplateOutletContext]="{ formGroup: triggerFields.controls[i], trigger: trigger }"></ng-template>
                       </div>
                     </div>
                   </div>
@@ -108,7 +91,7 @@
                     </div>
                     <div ngbAccordionCollapse>
                       <div ngbAccordionBody>
-
+                        <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Action type" [horizontal]="true" [items]="actionTypeOptions" formControlName="type"></pngx-input-select>
                         <input type="hidden" formControlName="id" />
                         <div class="row">
                           <div class="col">
@@ -184,3 +167,28 @@
     <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" i18n [disabled]="networkActive">Save</button>
   </div>
 </form>
+
+<ng-template #triggerForm let-formGroup="formGroup" let-trigger="trigger">
+  <div [formGroup]="formGroup">
+    <input type="hidden" formControlName="id" />
+    <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Trigger type" [horizontal]="true" [items]="triggerTypeOptions" formControlName="type"></pngx-input-select>
+    <p class="small" i18n>Trigger for documents that match <em>all</em> filters specified below.</p>
+    <div class="row">
+      <div class="col">
+        <pngx-input-text i18n-title title="Filter filename" formControlName="filter_filename" i18n-hint hint="Apply to documents that match this filename. Wildcards such as *.pdf or *invoice* are allowed. Case insensitive." [error]="error?.filter_filename"></pngx-input-text>
+        @if (formGroup.get('type').value === WorkflowTriggerType.Consumption) {
+          <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Filter sources" [items]="sourceOptions" [multiple]="true" formControlName="sources" [error]="error?.sources"></pngx-input-select>
+          <pngx-input-text i18n-title title="Filter path" formControlName="filter_path" i18n-hint hint="Apply to documents that match this path. Wildcards specified as * are allowed. Case insensitive.</a>" [error]="error?.filter_path"></pngx-input-text>
+          <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Filter mail rule" [items]="mailRules" [allowNull]="true" formControlName="filter_mailrule" i18n-hint hint="Apply to documents consumed via this mail rule." [error]="error?.filter_mailrule"></pngx-input-select>
+        }
+      </div>
+      @if (formGroup.get('type').value === WorkflowTriggerType.DocumentAdded || formGroup.get('type').value === WorkflowTriggerType.DocumentUpdated) {
+        <div class="col-md-6">
+          <pngx-input-tags [allowCreate]="false" i18n-title title="Has tags" formControlName="filter_has_tags"></pngx-input-tags>
+          <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Has correspondent" [items]="correspondents" [allowNull]="true" formControlName="filter_has_correspondent"></pngx-input-select>
+          <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Has document type" [items]="documentTypes" [allowNull]="true" formControlName="filter_has_document_type"></pngx-input-select>
+        </div>
+      }
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</ng-template>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.spec.ts
index c152e3659..ebede83cd 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.spec.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { SwitchComponent } from '../../input/switch/switch.component'
 import { EditDialogMode } from '../edit-dialog.component'
 import {
   DOCUMENT_SOURCE_OPTIONS,
+  WORKFLOW_ACTION_OPTIONS,
   WORKFLOW_TYPE_OPTIONS,
   WorkflowEditDialogComponent,
 } from './workflow-edit-dialog.component'
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ import {
   DocumentSource,
 } from 'src/app/data/workflow-trigger'
 import { CdkDragDrop } from '@angular/cdk/drag-drop'
-import { WorkflowAction } from 'src/app/data/workflow-action'
+import {
+  WorkflowAction,
+  WorkflowActionType,
+} from 'src/app/data/workflow-action'
 
 const workflow: Workflow = {
   name: 'Workflow 1',
@@ -50,10 +54,12 @@ const workflow: Workflow = {
   actions: [
     {
       id: 1,
+      type: WorkflowActionType.Assignment,
       assign_title: 'foo',
     },
     {
       id: 4,
+      type: WorkflowActionType.Assignment,
       assign_owner: 2,
     },
   ],
@@ -174,11 +180,17 @@ describe('ConsumptionTemplateEditDialogComponent', () => {
   it('should return source options, type options, type name', () => {
     // coverage
     expect(component.sourceOptions).toEqual(DOCUMENT_SOURCE_OPTIONS)
-    expect(component.typeOptions).toEqual(WORKFLOW_TYPE_OPTIONS)
+    expect(component.triggerTypeOptions).toEqual(WORKFLOW_TYPE_OPTIONS)
     expect(
-      component.getTypeOptionName(WorkflowTriggerType.DocumentAdded)
+      component.getTriggerTypeOptionName(WorkflowTriggerType.DocumentAdded)
     ).toEqual('Document Added')
-    expect(component.getTypeOptionName(null)).toEqual('')
+    expect(component.getTriggerTypeOptionName(null)).toEqual('')
+    expect(component.sourceOptions).toEqual(DOCUMENT_SOURCE_OPTIONS)
+    expect(component.actionTypeOptions).toEqual(WORKFLOW_ACTION_OPTIONS)
+    expect(
+      component.getActionTypeOptionName(WorkflowActionType.Assignment)
+    ).toEqual('Assignment')
+    expect(component.getActionTypeOptionName(null)).toEqual('')
   })
 
   it('should support add and remove triggers and actions', () => {
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts
index 765d5a3e5..4879d25ba 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import {
   DocumentSource,
   WorkflowTriggerType,
 } from 'src/app/data/workflow-trigger'
-import { WorkflowAction } from 'src/app/data/workflow-action'
+import {
+  WorkflowAction,
+  WorkflowActionType,
+} from 'src/app/data/workflow-action'
 import { CdkDragDrop, moveItemInArray } from '@angular/cdk/drag-drop'
 
 export const DOCUMENT_SOURCE_OPTIONS = [
@@ -54,6 +57,13 @@ export const WORKFLOW_TYPE_OPTIONS = [
   },
 ]
 
+export const WORKFLOW_ACTION_OPTIONS = [
+  {
+    id: WorkflowActionType.Assignment,
+    name: $localize`Assignment`,
+  },
+]
+
 @Component({
   selector: 'pngx-workflow-edit-dialog',
   templateUrl: './workflow-edit-dialog.component.html',
@@ -63,6 +73,8 @@ export class WorkflowEditDialogComponent
   extends EditDialogComponent<Workflow>
   implements OnInit
 {
+  public WorkflowTriggerType = WorkflowTriggerType
+
   templates: Workflow[]
   correspondents: Correspondent[]
   documentTypes: DocumentType[]
@@ -170,6 +182,7 @@ export class WorkflowEditDialogComponent
       this.actionFields.push(
         new FormGroup({
           id: new FormControl(action.id),
+          type: new FormControl(action.type),
           assign_title: new FormControl(action.assign_title),
           assign_tags: new FormControl(action.assign_tags),
           assign_owner: new FormControl(action.assign_owner),
@@ -191,12 +204,12 @@ export class WorkflowEditDialogComponent
     return DOCUMENT_SOURCE_OPTIONS
   }
 
-  get typeOptions() {
+  get triggerTypeOptions() {
     return WORKFLOW_TYPE_OPTIONS
   }
 
-  getTypeOptionName(type: WorkflowTriggerType): string {
-    return this.typeOptions.find((t) => t.id === type)?.name ?? ''
+  getTriggerTypeOptionName(type: WorkflowTriggerType): string {
+    return this.triggerTypeOptions.find((t) => t.id === type)?.name ?? ''
   }
 
   addTrigger() {
@@ -214,8 +227,17 @@ export class WorkflowEditDialogComponent
     this.updateTriggerActionFields()
   }
 
+  get actionTypeOptions() {
+    return WORKFLOW_ACTION_OPTIONS
+  }
+
+  getActionTypeOptionName(type: WorkflowActionType): string {
+    return this.actionTypeOptions.find((t) => t.id === type)?.name ?? ''
+  }
+
   addAction() {
     this.object.actions.push({
+      type: WorkflowActionType.Assignment,
       assign_title: null,
       assign_tags: [],
       assign_document_type: null,
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/workflows/workflows.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/workflows/workflows.component.spec.ts
index 9f7039838..4382d56f5 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/workflows/workflows.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/manage/workflows/workflows.component.spec.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   DocumentSource,
   WorkflowTriggerType,
 } from 'src/app/data/workflow-trigger'
+import { WorkflowActionType } from 'src/app/data/workflow-action'
 
 const workflows: Workflow[] = [
   {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const workflows: Workflow[] = [
     actions: [
       {
         id: 1,
+        type: WorkflowActionType.Assignment,
         assign_title: 'foo',
       },
     ],
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ const workflows: Workflow[] = [
     actions: [
       {
         id: 2,
+        type: WorkflowActionType.Assignment,
         assign_title: 'bar',
       },
     ],
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/data/workflow-action.ts b/src-ui/src/app/data/workflow-action.ts
index a313e0e63..a0da5f03a 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/data/workflow-action.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/data/workflow-action.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { ObjectWithId } from './object-with-id'
 
+export enum WorkflowActionType {
+  Assignment = 1,
+}
 export interface WorkflowAction extends ObjectWithId {
+  type: WorkflowActionType
+
   assign_title?: string
 
   assign_tags?: number[] // Tag.id
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/services/rest/workflow.service.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/services/rest/workflow.service.spec.ts
index 28a382034..cdffda3e1 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/services/rest/workflow.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/services/rest/workflow.service.spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   DocumentSource,
   WorkflowTriggerType,
 } from 'src/app/data/workflow-trigger'
+import { WorkflowActionType } from 'src/app/data/workflow-action'
 
 let httpTestingController: HttpTestingController
 let service: WorkflowService
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ const workflows: Workflow[] = [
     actions: [
       {
         id: 1,
+        type: WorkflowActionType.Assignment,
         assign_title: 'foo',
       },
     ],
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ const workflows: Workflow[] = [
     actions: [
       {
         id: 2,
+        type: WorkflowActionType.Assignment,
         assign_title: 'bar',
       },
     ],
diff --git a/src/documents/migrations/1044_workflow_workflowaction_workflowtrigger_and_more.py b/src/documents/migrations/1044_workflow_workflowaction_workflowtrigger_and_more.py
index a04b7f4b8..4319e13cf 100644
--- a/src/documents/migrations/1044_workflow_workflowaction_workflowtrigger_and_more.py
+++ b/src/documents/migrations/1044_workflow_workflowaction_workflowtrigger_and_more.py
@@ -223,6 +223,14 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                         verbose_name="ID",
                     ),
                 ),
+                (
+                    "type",
+                    models.PositiveIntegerField(
+                        choices=[(1, "Assignment")],
+                        default=1,
+                        verbose_name="Workflow Action Type",
+                    ),
+                ),
                 (
                     "assign_title",
                     models.CharField(
diff --git a/src/documents/models.py b/src/documents/models.py
index 0031b2c43..cba6ad3de 100644
--- a/src/documents/models.py
+++ b/src/documents/models.py
@@ -974,6 +974,15 @@ class WorkflowTrigger(models.Model):
 
 
 class WorkflowAction(models.Model):
+    class WorkflowActionType(models.IntegerChoices):
+        ASSIGNMENT = 1, _("Assignment")
+
+    type = models.PositiveIntegerField(
+        _("Workflow Action Type"),
+        choices=WorkflowActionType.choices,
+        default=WorkflowActionType.ASSIGNMENT,
+    )
+
     assign_title = models.CharField(
         _("assign title"),
         max_length=256,
diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index f9d5fce94..a82227b1a 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -1334,6 +1334,7 @@ class WorkflowActionSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         model = WorkflowAction
         fields = [
             "id",
+            "type",
             "assign_title",
             "assign_tags",
             "assign_correspondent",