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Variable Number of Parallel Tasks using Parallel Gatway

sankarts — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 06:53:20 GMT

I would like to perform identical task on multiple target elements concurrently as "parallel tasks". The catch here is that number of parallel tasks is variable (may vary from 2 to 20 for example) and shall vary on every run of "workflow process instance". Also, the count of parallel tasks is not kn

Re: Variable Number of Parallel Tasks using Parallel Gatway

jbarrez — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:38:57 GMT

Yes, use a multi instance (http://activiti.org/userguide/index.html#bpmnMultiInstance) for the specific task. it takes a collection.

Re: Variable Number of Parallel Tasks using Parallel Gatway

sankarts — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:27:51 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

As part of multi-instance, I specify for example, activiti:collection="$(names}".
where "names" contains 2 values say abc & xyz.

Using multiple parallel tasks, how can I create 2 files concurrently with one file name being "abc" and other being "xyz"?

It would be great, if you can point me some sample.

Re: Variable Number of Parallel Tasks using Parallel Gatway

jbarrez — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:48:30 GMT

Use a service task in a multi instance. Create a file based on the elementVariable (variable is available in the service task). And that's it.