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form value within a sequence flow condition

lsmall — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:20:53 GMT

I am new to Activiti and I hope this question is not too basic.I have defined 2 transitions (Approve/Reject) from a user task (Review Order). I added a single user action form property of type string with 2 values (Approve/Reject). How do I retrieve the user's form value when he competes the task (I

Re: form value within a sequence flow condition

lsmall — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:53:43 GMT

I guess what I am asking is how do I reference a process variable within a sequence flow condition? Or do I have to retrieve the values programmatically and extend Explorer?

Re: form value within a sequence flow condition

lsmall — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:59:01 GMT

I figured it out. The form value maps to a process variable with the same name as the id value (UserAction) in Designer, so was able to reference it as follows:

${UserAction == "Approve"}
${UserAction == "Reject"}

So without the condition, all transitions are taken. With the condition, only the one with the value submitted with the form.