topic Getting a custom property in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/getting-a-custom-property/m-p/234438#M187568 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have problems getting a custom-workflow property by a Freemarker template (html-based web script).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have done an advanced workflow with a custom property called "my:note" -type:string. The workflow is similar to the classic "review-approve" and the note is similar to the default bpm:comment property but how can I get this property?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Here is my template:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&lt;table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;ID&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;Type&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;Name&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;Description&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;Created Date&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;Start Date&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;Due Date&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;Priority&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;% Complete&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;Status&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;th&gt;Completed&lt;/th&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#list workflow.assignedTasks as t&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.id}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.type}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.name}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.description}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.properties["cm:created"]?datetime}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;&lt;#if t.properties["bpm:startDate"]?exists&gt;${t.properties["bpm:startDate"]?datetime}&lt;#else&gt;&lt;i&gt;None&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/#if&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;&lt;#if t.properties["bpm:dueDate"]?exists&gt;${t.properties["bpm:dueDate"]?datetime}&lt;#else&gt;&lt;i&gt;None&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/#if&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.properties["bpm:priority"]}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.properties["bpm:percentComplete"]}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.properties["bpm:status"]}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.isCompleted?string("Yes", "No")}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.properties["my:note"]?string}&nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/tr&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/#list&gt;<BR /><BR />&nbsp; &lt;#list workflow.pooledTasks as t&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.id}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.type}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.name}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.description}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.properties["cm:created"]?datetime}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;&lt;#if t.properties["bpm:startDate"]?exists&gt;${t.properties["bpm:startDate"]?datetime}&lt;#else&gt;&lt;i&gt;None&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/#if&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;&lt;#if t.properties["bpm:dueDate"]?exists&gt;${t.properties["bpm:dueDate"]?datetime}&lt;#else&gt;&lt;i&gt;None&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/#if&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.properties["bpm:priority"]}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.properties["bpm:percentComplete"]}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;${t.properties["bpm:status"]}&lt;/td&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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Why???</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Without &lt;td&gt;${t.properties["my:note"]?string}&nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; works well.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>raptus</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 May 2010 08:55:23 GMT raptus 2010-05-28T08:55:23Z Getting a custom property https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/getting-a-custom-property/m-p/234438#M187568 Hi,I have problems getting a custom-workflow property by a Freemarker template (html-based web script).I have done an advanced workflow with a custom property called "my:note" -type:string. The workflow is similar to the classic "review-approve" and the note is similar to the default bpm:comment pro Fri, 28 May 2010 08:55:23 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/getting-a-custom-property/m-p/234438#M187568 raptus 2010-05-28T08:55:23Z Re: Getting a custom property https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/getting-a-custom-property/m-p/234439#M187569 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm not an FTL expert, but do you need a parameter after ?string –?&nbsp; Like you do here: ${t.isCompleted?string("Yes", "No")}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If that doesn't work, I would try deleting the whitespace between the end of your expression and the &lt;/td&gt; and see what happens.&nbsp; I've noticed that FTL doesn't "like" certain things.&nbsp; Whitespace may be one of them.&nbsp; Not sure.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;td&gt;${t.properties["my:note"]?string}&nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:05:32 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/getting-a-custom-property/m-p/234439#M187569 lucille_arkenst 2010-06-17T14:05:32Z