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Activiti = User Friendly Graphical WF Admin tool Alfresco?

alexr — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:46:29 GMT

Is Activiti providing or going to provide a user friendly graphical interface to administer runningworkflow instances (search in tasks, update wf task/instances) in Alfresco as an alternative to the current Alfresco workflow "console"?The current Alfresco console (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Workf

Re: Activiti = User Friendly Graphical WF Admin tool Alfresco?

frederikherema1 — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:25:14 GMT

Hi,

The activiti-engine integration is planned to be merged to alfresco-head by the beginning of february, it's currently being developed in a separate branch. This will only include the engine itself, implementing a component used in the WorkflowService.

Currently, we're evaluating what activiti-tools will make sense to use on the activiti-engine inside alfresco, but no concrete plans on how what the packaging/shipping/distribution strategy will be.

Re: Activiti = User Friendly Graphical WF Admin tool Alfresco?

alexr — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:05:47 GMT

Dank u wel Frederik dat is bijzonder goed om te horen.

Thank you for the quick response.

I will be looking forward to the integration, because in my opinion a good Rest based Administrative workflow interface for Alfresco is
what is sorely missing in Alfresco right now and it will be a great improvement in the workflow usage of Alfresco.
The current Alfresco workflow console works, but when looking at other content management applications. Most of them have
an out-of-the-box graphical workflow tool in which not only you can define workflows, but also manage running workflow instances.

Don't get me wrong I think Alfresco is a good product. Just would like to see it become more friendly and robust on the BPM/workflow side.

Best regards,

Alex