topic Activiti JPA variable in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/activiti-jpa-variable/m-p/232115#M185245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm new to Activiti.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I'm trying to create a process with a few steps (service tasks as JavaDelegates).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I want to start a process with a variable that is a JPA object, and get the variable from inside the step.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I tried and got:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"All parameters that are passed to process instance must be serializable.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Caused by: org.activiti.engine.ActivitiException: couldn't find a variable type that is able to serialize ***my business object***"</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is what I'm tring to do possible? </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Can you send/point me to me a short example?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:12:18 GMT someactivitinoo 2016-03-20T10:12:18Z Activiti JPA variable https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/activiti-jpa-variable/m-p/232115#M185245 Hi,I'm new to Activiti.I'm trying to create a process with a few steps (service tasks as JavaDelegates).I want to start a process with a variable that is a JPA object, and get the variable from inside the step.I tried and got:"All parameters that are passed to process instance must be serializable.C Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:12:18 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/activiti-jpa-variable/m-p/232115#M185245 someactivitinoo 2016-03-20T10:12:18Z Re: Activiti JPA variable https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/activiti-jpa-variable/m-p/232116#M185246 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>That exception happens when JPA isn't configured properly. How did you configure your process engine? Did you add the correct entityManagerFactory or persistenceUnit name?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:29:51 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/activiti-jpa-variable/m-p/232116#M185246 jbarrez 2016-03-25T12:29:51Z