topic Re: Issue of rest api about startprocessinstance with form property in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-of-rest-api-about-startprocessinstance-with-form-property/m-p/165345#M119033 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>A quick look tells me that you don't have a vacationMotivation variable set, is that correct?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:14:15 GMT trademak 2013-09-02T17:14:15Z Issue of rest api about startprocessinstance with form property https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-of-rest-api-about-startprocessinstance-with-form-property/m-p/165344#M119032 hi,i want to start process with rest api, i take vacationrequest as example.post request<IMG id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />OST runtime/process-instancesrequest body:{&nbsp;&nbsp; "processDefinitionKey":"vacationRequest",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "variables": [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "name":"employeeName",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "value":"kermit"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; },{&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "name":"numberOfDays",&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 06:38:57 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-of-rest-api-about-startprocessinstance-with-form-property/m-p/165344#M119032 davidzhang 2013-08-30T06:38:57Z Re: Issue of rest api about startprocessinstance with form property https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-of-rest-api-about-startprocessinstance-with-form-property/m-p/165345#M119033 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>A quick look tells me that you don't have a vacationMotivation variable set, is that correct?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:14:15 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-of-rest-api-about-startprocessinstance-with-form-property/m-p/165345#M119033 trademak 2013-09-02T17:14:15Z Re: Issue of rest api about startprocessinstance with form property https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-of-rest-api-about-startprocessinstance-with-form-property/m-p/165346#M119034 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>thanks, i get it to work, but why do I need to input vacationMotivation variable, it is not required in BPMN xml. </SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Sep 2013 03:30:17 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-of-rest-api-about-startprocessinstance-with-form-property/m-p/165346#M119034 davidzhang 2013-09-03T03:30:17Z Re: Issue of rest api about startprocessinstance with form property https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-of-rest-api-about-startprocessinstance-with-form-property/m-p/165347#M119035 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>No, the xml does not declare variables. But the form does use.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:49:25 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-of-rest-api-about-startprocessinstance-with-form-property/m-p/165347#M119035 jbarrez 2013-09-04T09:49:25Z