topic Start a process instance with variables in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-a-process-instance-with-variables/m-p/187735#M140865 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We are trying to use REST API to start a process instance with variables. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If we just add a variable "A" to start a process instance, activiti engine will add the variable "A" and its value in the process instance correctly.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>But if we define a variable "A" in the global variable of the process definition, then we can't use variable "A" with its value to start the process, the activiti engine ignore the variable "A" and its value directly.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is it possible to update the variable "A" in a process definition by starting a process instance with variables?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>P.S We can't update the variable&nbsp; after the process instance created, because the first task in the process is a system task, and it needs variable "A". We can't get the process instance id before the system task running.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any helps.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:30:28 GMT leovleov 2014-11-18T02:30:28Z Start a process instance with variables https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-a-process-instance-with-variables/m-p/187735#M140865 Hi,We are trying to use REST API to start a process instance with variables. If we just add a variable "A" to start a process instance, activiti engine will add the variable "A" and its value in the process instance correctly.But if we define a variable "A" in the global variable of the process defi Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:30:28 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-a-process-instance-with-variables/m-p/187735#M140865 leovleov 2014-11-18T02:30:28Z Re: Start a process instance with variables https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-a-process-instance-with-variables/m-p/187736#M140866 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have the same problem!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Nov 2014 03:13:18 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-a-process-instance-with-variables/m-p/187736#M140866 jimmytototo 2014-11-18T03:13:18Z Re: Start a process instance with variables https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-a-process-instance-with-variables/m-p/187737#M140867 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You can start process instance with any variable and value you want to. When process instance is created, you can update its variables.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Martin</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:27:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-a-process-instance-with-variables/m-p/187737#M140867 martin_grofcik 2014-11-19T07:27:13Z