Concurrent Access to a File

ebell — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:27:18 GMT

So, I'm in a situation where I have a workflow that assigns a task to a group of pooled users. What I'm having happening is that User A opens the document about the same time User B opens the document. User A takes ownership and continues to evaluate the document, while User B does the same in his

Re: Concurrent Access to a File

ebell — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:11:16 GMT

I know that in Alfresco, there's an ability to checkout content. But, as a workflow is not a type of content, I don't see the ability to checkout a workflow. The take ownership button prevents the likelihood that an error from concurrently modifying the same workflow task would occur. However, in the situation I described, this chance still exists.
I've thought of a possible setup that may solve the problem… essentially, as soon as a task is selected, I want to assign it to the person who viewed the task. (As if the person who opened the task is unable to approve a document, he or she can always return the task to the pool, permitting another user to look at the task)
Any ideas?

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Concurrent Access to a File

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