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REST - Process definition description is always null

mjacobi — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:37:05 GMT

Hello, I'm querying the Activiti REST-API for process definitions like this:http://server:8080/activiti-rest/service/repository/process-definitions‍which works fine.The problem is, the resulting response has always processdescription: null‍. I tried to use the <em>Documentation</em> fie

Re: REST - Process definition description is always null

mjacobi — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:41:32 GMT

update: I'm using Activiti 5.13 (explorer and REST-API)

Re: REST - Process definition description is always null

trademak — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:16:43 GMT

The description field is filled with the value of the documentation child element of the process element in the BPMN XML.
When you don't have a documentation child element, the value will be null.

Best regards,

Re: REST - Process definition description is always null

mjacobi — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:06:12 GMT

Works! Thanks.
It might be helpful if the <code><documentation></code> tag appears in the userguide not only in the context of user tasks but also in the context of process definition.
Cheers

Re: REST - Process definition description is always null

anafluid — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 14:37:42 GMT

Hello,

I am using the activiti-explorer to model BPMN processes and to import the XML of the BPMN process. When the process gets deployed, it seems that the <documentation> child element of the process disappears. Consequently, the Activiti REST-API for process definitions always returns null for process description ("description":null,").

An example scenario:
1) We have a process model that contains the documentation tag.
2) We save the model, and we deploy the process.
3) If we now call the GET repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId} method, we get an empty description (description":null,). Also if we convert it to an editable model and look at it in the modeler or export it to the xml, the documentation tag is gone.

In what way can one store the process description for the deployed process?

Re: REST - Process definition description is always null

anafluid — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:39:18 GMT

Another thing - we are using the new api, e.g. activiti-explorer/api/repository/process-definitions/process:4:1878

Re: REST - Process definition description is always null

frederikherema1 — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 07:38:25 GMT

Are you using the latest version of the explorer? If so, can you create a JIRA issue for this problem?

Re: REST - Process definition description is always null

aokelly — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:40:46 GMT

Hello,
We are seeing the same issue. If you upload a process definition with a documentation tag and immediately export the same process definition, the documentation flag will not be present.
We are using the 5.17 version.