topic Displaying data in different Tasks in Alfresco Archive

Displaying data in different Tasks

mitschi — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:43:39 GMT

Hi,I have a little problem with my workflows. I tried to display Data in a Task, which was entered a Task before. For Example: In Task A i set a date and the following task B should only display the date given by Task A. I tried to access those variables through process instance variables by using

Re: Displaying data in different Tasks

mrogers — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:57:25 GMT

There are property values for the workflow and property values for each task. When a task starts or ends it can transfer property values to/from the workflow.

What you need to do is to make sure that at the end of task A the property value updates the workflow and when task b starts with the value from the workflow.

If you have the equivalent of "global variables" for a workflow its easiest to put them into an aspect which is shared by all tasks in your workflow.

Re: Displaying data in different Tasks

mitschi — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:22:20 GMT

Thank you for your very quick answer. I'm gonna try your aspect suggestion and i will report whether i was succesful or not.

Cheers,
Mitschi

Re: Displaying data in different Tasks

mitschi — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:23:09 GMT

Hello again,

i've created a aspect with those properties and now everything is working perfektly (for those who have same troubles like me)

thank you again for your help

cheers,
mitschi

Re: Displaying data in different Tasks

hyperation — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:09:17 GMT

Hi,

Can you give me an example of how you did it in aspects?

Thanks