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Start workflow without document

buurd — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:39:15 GMT

Hi!I start a workflow reading some properties from a http-request. But the workflow seems to require a document when i start it. Is there a way of starting the workflow without the document. There are no reason for my workflow to carry a document, it will only confuse my users. Now I use a hardcoded

Re: Start workflow without document

eruditionist — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:53:49 GMT

What's the use case? Why do you need to kick off a workflow when its not needed.

Re: Start workflow without document

buurd — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:44:07 GMT

The workflow is needed, but not the document.

The usecase is a basic checklist where we only use the workflow(model) and web-custom-config. We use a webscript to generate a report about the workflow-status. We don't store a separate document and don't need to attach a document when starting the workflow.

Thanks in advance
Roland

Re: Start workflow without document

younis15 — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:41:07 GMT

Hello Roland,

have you managed to find a solution?

Thanks ….
Younis