topic execution.take() creates a new activity instance in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-take-creates-a-new-activity-instance/m-p/199074#M152204 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have a flow with an external agent doing a job triggered by an activiti service task.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I want to be able to model the signals sent by this agent as exception or successe in the activiti.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>i do not want to wrap my service task with boundery events, or proccess or sequence flows.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tried implementing my own TaskActivityBehavior in a way that when the signal received is a failed one- i am calling execution.take()</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Problem is each time it creates a new activity instance so retries are not decreasing and there is a loop.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Do you have any idea of how can i go back from the signal to the execution without creating a new activity?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>———————————–</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> public void execute(ActivityExecution execution) throws Exception {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; try {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if(ActivityLocalContext.getProperty('jobStatus').equals('fail')){</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; throw new FailedException("job failed");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String jobId = submitAction(migrationRule, titleId, execution.getId());</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ActivityLocalContext.setProperty(execution, "jobStatus", "Running");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ActivityLocalContext.setProperty(execution, "jobId", jobId);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; } catch (Exception e) {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if(failedAndNoMoreRetries()){</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ActivityLocalContext.setProperty(execution, "jobStatus", "New");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; logger.error("ApplyMigrationPolicy-&gt;notifiy() failed: " + e.getMessage(), e);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; throw new FailedException("ApplyMigrationPolicy-&gt;notifiy() failed: " + e.getMessage());</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public void signal(ActivityExecution execution, String signalName, Object data) throws Exception {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PvmTransition inTransition = execution.getActivity().getIncomingTransitions().get(0);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if(signaledException()) {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ActivityLocalContext.setProperty(execution, "jobStatus", "Failed");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; execution.take(inTransition);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }else {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ActivityLocalContext.setProperty(execution, "jobStatus", "complete");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this.leave(execution);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Jun 2015 08:16:05 GMT eransinger 2015-06-04T08:16:05Z execution.take() creates a new activity instance https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-take-creates-a-new-activity-instance/m-p/199074#M152204 Hello, I have a flow with an external agent doing a job triggered by an activiti service task.I want to be able to model the signals sent by this agent as exception or successe in the activiti.i do not want to wrap my service task with boundery events, or proccess or sequence flows.I tried implement Thu, 04 Jun 2015 08:16:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-take-creates-a-new-activity-instance/m-p/199074#M152204 eransinger 2015-06-04T08:16:05Z Re: execution.take() creates a new activity instance https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-take-creates-a-new-activity-instance/m-p/199075#M152205 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm not following what you are trying to do here, can you elaborate a bit?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>execution.take() normally simply follows the transition you select.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:10:32 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-take-creates-a-new-activity-instance/m-p/199075#M152205 jbarrez 2015-06-11T15:10:32Z