topic Complete a task with enum variable in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/complete-a-task-with-enum-variable/m-p/233659#M186789 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, I use rest api to complete a task. one of the task variable is enum type.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>When i send the json of complete task i send this:&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"{\"action\":\"complete\",\"variables\":[{\"name\":\"sport\",\"value\":\"swim\",\"type\":\"enum\"}]}"</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>this is not good, activiti throws exception:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Bad request (400) - Variable 'sport' has unsupported type enum.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>When i send it as type=string (instead of type=enum, its ok, but then the type saved will be string - i check the variables of the task after its completed (via REST API get task variables)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How should i send the json ?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What is wierd ? When i run a get form parameters ("form/form-data?taskId=XXXX") i get the following</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"{\"formKey\":null,\"deploymentId\":\"7601\",\"processDefinitionId\":null,\"processDefinitionUrl\":null,\"taskId\":\"7618\",\"taskUrl\":\"</SPAN><A href="http://localhost:1248/activiti-rest/service/runtime/tasks/7618\%22,\%22formProperties\" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:1248/activiti-rest/service/runtime/tasks/7618\',\'formProperties\</A><SPAN>":[{\"id\":\"sport\",\"name\":\"sport\",\"type\":\"enum\",\"value\":null,\"readable\":true,\"writable\":true,\"required\":true,\"datePattern\":null,\"enumValues\":[{\"id\":\"swim\",\"name\":\"swim\"},{\"id\":\"run\",\"name\":\"run\"},{\"id\":\"walk\",\"name\":\"walk\"}]}]}"</SPAN><BR /><BR /></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:27:09 GMT ilansch 2016-01-18T08:27:09Z Complete a task with enum variable https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/complete-a-task-with-enum-variable/m-p/233659#M186789 Hi, I use rest api to complete a task. one of the task variable is enum type.When i send the json of complete task i send this:&nbsp; "{\"action\":\"complete\",\"variables\":[{\"name\":\"sport\",\"value\":\"swim\",\"type\":\"enum\"}]}"this is not good, activiti throws exception:Bad request (400) - Variab Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:27:09 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/complete-a-task-with-enum-variable/m-p/233659#M186789 ilansch 2016-01-18T08:27:09Z Re: Complete a task with enum variable https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/complete-a-task-with-enum-variable/m-p/233660#M186790 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>these are the point in the documentation where you should take a look :</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.activiti.org/userguide/#_rest_api" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.activiti.org/userguide/#_rest_api</A><BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.activiti.org/userguide/#restVariables" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.activiti.org/userguide/#restVariables</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>enum is not supported for this rest call , you should use string.</SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Jan 2016 10:37:17 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/complete-a-task-with-enum-variable/m-p/233660#M186790 actarus16 2016-01-18T10:37:17Z