topic Re: Behavior of variables in embedded subprocesses in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/behavior-of-variables-in-embedded-subprocesses/m-p/220839#M173969 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>1. Correct. Embedded subprocesses are a part of the process instance like any other activity. Call Activity is the only exception to that.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>2. True. This is one of the shortcomings in v5 we're fixing in v6. In v6, there will be a 'subprocess scope' for variables and it will work as you describe (with the local variables)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But in this particular case, I would think the local variable did get chosen. It seems your example is missing from the post. Can you reupload it?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:39:31 GMT jbarrez 2015-12-16T09:39:31Z Behavior of variables in embedded subprocesses https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/behavior-of-variables-in-embedded-subprocesses/m-p/220838#M173968 The documentation did not have any information on this, so I wanted to confirm what my experimental testing found:1) If you have an embedded subprocesses, you don't need to re-define the variables in the start event of the subprocess. A sequence flow coming out of a gateway in an embedded subprocess Tue, 15 Dec 2015 01:15:15 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/behavior-of-variables-in-embedded-subprocesses/m-p/220838#M173968 meweiss 2015-12-15T01:15:15Z Re: Behavior of variables in embedded subprocesses https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/behavior-of-variables-in-embedded-subprocesses/m-p/220839#M173969 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>1. Correct. Embedded subprocesses are a part of the process instance like any other activity. Call Activity is the only exception to that.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>2. True. This is one of the shortcomings in v5 we're fixing in v6. In v6, there will be a 'subprocess scope' for variables and it will work as you describe (with the local variables)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But in this particular case, I would think the local variable did get chosen. It seems your example is missing from the post. Can you reupload it?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:39:31 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/behavior-of-variables-in-embedded-subprocesses/m-p/220839#M173969 jbarrez 2015-12-16T09:39:31Z Re: Behavior of variables in embedded subprocesses https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/behavior-of-variables-in-embedded-subprocesses/m-p/220840#M173970 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hrm, this BPMN just does not want to post… I tried yesterday and got stuck in an approval queue. Trying again, uploading as an attachment. </SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Dec 2015 21:20:36 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/behavior-of-variables-in-embedded-subprocesses/m-p/220840#M173970 meweiss 2015-12-17T21:20:36Z