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Roles and permissions

cshar — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 15:32:32 GMT

I am working with activiti engine using REST api to integrate with my struts 2 application. I have a requirement to add custom roles like editor, approver, user. These roles can have different permissions like read only, read write, etc. I would like to know how can activiti allow me through REST to

Re: Roles and permissions

jbarrez — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:51:45 GMT

Roles/Users ar defined in the process definition xml. Typically roles match certain groups.
Once set int he process definition, you can query on them through the API.

Re: Roles and permissions

cshar — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 03:34:41 GMT

Hi, thanks for your reply. However I am unable to locate the process definition xml file. I understood it as a BPMN file that gets created when I draw a process diagram. Hence a little confused here. Could you please provide a hint on what service I can use to add a custom role via REST API. Also how can I assign permissions to that role? I have a clarity on users and groups to whom I can assign the role. What I am unable to understand is how do I create custom roles and assign permissions (like a read only user role, a read/ write approver role). Thanks.

Re: Roles and permissions

cshar — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 20:19:15 GMT

Hi Could you please assist with above question? I am kind of stuck up on this. It would really help me if there are any suggestions. Many Thanks!!

Re: Roles and permissions

jbarrez — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:20:49 GMT

From what you are typing, it seems you are missing some key concepts of Activiti.

You defines tasks in a process definition. Those tasks have candidate groups, matching what you need with the roles. Then, when you have running process instances of that process definition, you can query with the candidate group if there are tasks for that group.