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Form properties are not getting archived- submitTaskFormData

bbarani — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:54:30 GMT

Hi,I have a simple workflow with some form property. I am trying to create a process instance and submit the task form data using a java program as below. Everything seems to work fine except for the fact that, the form properties are not getting archived even when I submit my form using submitTaskF

Re: Form properties are not getting archived- submitTaskFormData

frederikherema1 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:11:38 GMT

The call to getFormProperties returns an EMPTY form, so these kind of commands are pointless:


 formData.getFormProperties()
                  .get(0).getValue()

And what do you mean by "not being archived"? Not in history or in the runtime variables?

Re: Form properties are not getting archived- submitTaskFormData

bbarani — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:56:37 GMT

The call to getFormProperties returns an EMPTY form, so these kind of commands are pointless:

formData.getFormProperties() .get(0).getValue()
And what do you mean by "not being archived"? Not in history or in the runtime variables?

I am setting the form values (in user form) from the calling client. Approvers wont be able to modify the form values rather they will just click approve or deny.

I then try to archive the form (both approved / denied) - I want to see the form under archive tab. I see the task under archive tab but I am not able to see the form data. I got to know that I need to submit my form using submittaskformdata in order for the form values to get persisted in the tables but for some reason its not working for me..

I am able to get the value of the form using the below function.

     System.out.println("Task Id:" + task1.getId());
    System.out.println("Task Form ID:" + formData.getTask().getId());
    
    System.out.println(formData.getFormProperties().get(0) .getName()
     
     + formData.getFormProperties().get(0).getValue() );
     System.out.println(formData.getFormProperties().get(1) .getName()
     
     + formData.getFormProperties().get(1).getValue() );
     System.out.println(formData.getFormProperties().get(2) .getName()
     
     + formData.getFormProperties().get(2).getValue() );
     System.out.println(formData.getFormProperties().get(3) .getName()
     
    + formData.getFormProperties().get(3).getValue() );
     System.out.println(formData.getFormProperties().get(4) .getName()
     + ":" + formData.getFormProperties().get(4).getValue() );

Task Id:14911
Task Form ID:14911
Needs Approval:true
Initiator:fozzie
Description:Invoking Activiti from Java Program
User:fozzie
Image::mule2.jpg

I tried even setting static data in the form (as below) but this again just stores the task information and not the form field data (i.e. I see the tasks under archive tab but the tasks doesn't contain any of the user form property).

TaskService taskService = processEngine.getTaskService();
   List<Task> task = taskService.createTaskQuery().list();
   TaskFormData formData = null;
   for (Task tasks : task) {
    formData = formService.getTaskFormData(tasks.getId());
   }

   System.out.println(formData.getTask().getId());

   properties = new HashMap<String, String>();
   properties.put("approvalFlag", "true");
   properties.put("initiatorName", "fozzie");
   properties.put("descriptionValue", "Testing custom form");
   properties.put("userName", "barani");
   properties.put("imageName", "mule2.jpg");
   properties.put("approvalConfirmed", "true");
   formData.getTask().setDescription("testing");

   formService.submitTaskFormData(task.get(0).getId(), properties);

Re: Form properties are not getting archived- submitTaskFormData

frederikherema1 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:05:31 GMT

The "Archived" page in explorer doesn't fetch the properties at all. Please note that the archive show HistoricTaskInstances rather than running Task instances. See HistoricTaskDetailPanel, no form-properties are added:

protected void init() {
    setSizeFull();
    addStyleName(Reindeer.LAYOUT_WHITE);

    this.centralLayout = new VerticalLayout();
    centralLayout.setMargin(true);
    setDetailContainer(centralLayout);

    initHeader();
    initDescription();
    initParentTaskLink();
    initPeopleDetails();
    initSubTasks();
    initRelatedContent();
}

If you want explorer to show historic form-properties (using HistoricDetail), you'll have to write that functionality yourself…

Re: Form properties are not getting archived- submitTaskFormData

bbarani — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:28:35 GMT

The "Archived" page in explorer doesn't fetch the properties at all. Please note that the archive show HistoricTaskInstances rather than running Task instances. See HistoricTaskDetailPanel, no form-properties are added:

protected void init() {
    setSizeFull();
    addStyleName(Reindeer.LAYOUT_WHITE);

    this.centralLayout = new VerticalLayout();
    centralLayout.setMargin(true);
    setDetailContainer(centralLayout);

    initHeader();
    initDescription();
    initParentTaskLink();
    initPeopleDetails();
    initSubTasks();
    initRelatedContent();
}

If you want explorer to show historic form-properties (using HistoricDetail), you'll have to write that functionality yourself…

Thanks a lot for the clarification….