topic Re: Specific Use Case Question in Alfresco Archive

Specific Use Case Question

boden — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:37:36 GMT

I have a specific idea of what I'd like Alfresco to do, and I'm looking for some suggestions on how to accomplish it, or even other ways of thinking about the problem.Currently our document management process is something like this:1) A person completes Change Request paperwork which lists all of th

Re: Specific Use Case Question

cheffilet — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:30:18 GMT

Yes, you can handle this with alfresco - but you need some JBPM knowledge handle this in a right way.

But this seams for me following procedure:


      Web-UI  <– Start Workflow Action
         |
 Workflow Wizard <– add documents and comments to initial worklfow
         |
   start-tag <– populate email on JBPMEvent Action (for instance on node leave)
         |
         |
    task-node
         |
       task <– assignment to QA Cleark via Assignment Tag or static set up  
         | <– task leave event: check common attributes being set through QA cleark (if have been approved)
    task-node
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      task <– initiator(attribute swimlane="initiator" must be set)
         | <– approved
     task-node
         |
      task <– assignment to QA clerk        
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If you want to manage all this different tasks via alfrresco(copieing, update history records): Well its possible, but you must customize some jsp´s and implement you´re workflow framework.

DMC has done this, with the Product Workflow Composition Engine.

Feel free to ask

Best Regards

Re: Specific Use Case Question

boden — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:18:17 GMT

Thank you for your guidance.

Does Alfresco store the results of workflow actions with documents, and if so, how can I get at that information? If someone approves a document, for instance, does that stamp of approval end up in the document's audit trail and is there any way to display it?

Re: Specific Use Case Question

cheffilet — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:15:48 GMT

It will be stored within routing packages lies at /{http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0}system/{http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0}workflow/{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}packages.

You get every outcome being performed on a completed task by the property org.alfresco.repo.workflow.WorkflowModel.PROP_OUTCOME. It will be set after a transition has been taked.

Please visit WorkflowBean.getTasksCompleted method to see, how alfresco accessing finished tasks.