Linking two activiti workflows

anshuman87 — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 06:15:18 GMT

Hi, I want to connect two independent business processes such that after starting a workflow , at some point in that workflow the control passes to another process, which then starts to execute. I tried doing this using both message event and signal event with no success. The first process appears t

Re: Linking two activiti workflows

anshuman87 — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 01:04:02 GMT

Pasting the code for the activiti diagrams here

TestSender:

<code>
<signal id="ConnectorSignal" name="ConnectorSignal"></signal>
<message id="ConnectorMessage" name="ConnectorMessage"></message>
<process id="sendProcess" name="send process" isExecutable="true">
    <startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start"></startEvent>
    <userTask id="usertask1" name="User Task"></userTask>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow1" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="usertask1"></sequenceFlow>
    <boundaryEvent id="boundarymessage1" name="Test Message" attachedToRef="usertask1" cancelActivity="true">
      <messageEventDefinition messageRef="ConnectorMessage"></messageEventDefinition>
    </boundaryEvent>
    <endEvent id="endevent2" name="End"></endEvent>
    <intermediateThrowEvent id="signalintermediatethrowevent1" name="SignalThrowEvent">
      <signalEventDefinition signalRef="ConnectorSignal"></signalEventDefinition>
    </intermediateThrowEvent>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow8" sourceRef="usertask1" targetRef="signalintermediatethrowevent1"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow9" sourceRef="signalintermediatethrowevent1" targetRef="endevent2"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow10" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="boundarymessage1"></sequenceFlow>
</process>
</code>

TestReceiver :

<code>

<signal id="ConnectorSignal" name="ConnectorSignal"></signal>
<message id="ConnectorMessage" name="ConnectorMessage"></message>
<process id="receiveProcess" name="receive process" isExecutable="true">
    <userTask id="usertask1" name="User Task"></userTask>
    <endEvent id="endevent2" name="End"></endEvent>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow7" sourceRef="usertask1" targetRef="endevent2"></sequenceFlow>
    <startEvent id="messagestartevent1" name="Message start">
      <messageEventDefinition messageRef="ConnectorMessage"></messageEventDefinition>
    </startEvent>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow10" sourceRef="messagestartevent1" targetRef="usertask1"></sequenceFlow>
    <intermediateCatchEvent id="signalintermediatecatchevent1" name="SignalCatchEvent">
      <signalEventDefinition signalRef="ConnectorSignal"></signalEventDefinition>
    </intermediateCatchEvent>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow11" sourceRef="signalintermediatecatchevent1" targetRef="usertask1"></sequenceFlow>
</process>
</code>

I am unable to figure out how to get around this and need help. Please respond

Re: Linking two activiti workflows

jbarrez — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:26:41 GMT

Signals are to use here. I see the signal defined in the receiver, but there is no start event using it.

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