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Need info on Deleting Task

sai576 — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 04:52:33 GMT

Hi, I am using activiti-5.13,Now my question is i am trying to delete the task using rest uri (DELETE) runtime/tasks/{taskId}, the task is not deleted it shows the response as{ "errorMessage": "Cannot delete a task that is part of a process-instance.", "statusCode": 403}I am trying this o

Re: Need info on Deleting Task

trademak — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:08:08 GMT

Hi,

What's the reason for you to delete a task that's running as part of a process instance?
A task should be completed and a process instance can be deleted.
The DELETE task call can be used for standalone tasks (tasks that don't run as part of process instance).

Best regards,

Re: Need info on Deleting Task

sai576 — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:48:54 GMT

The DELETE task call can be used for standalone tasks (tasks that don't run as part of process instance).

Can u Please elaborate above one.Generally task is part of process instance only right.

Thanks & Regards
Sai Kumar R

Re: Need info on Deleting Task

jbarrez — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:37:19 GMT

Tasks in a process instance cannot be deleted. They can be completed, or delegated. But not deleted, cause what would need to happen then in the process instance?