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Difference between delete process with single task and delete that task

anindya — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 07:04:03 GMT

I have a process with a single task.For some reason I want to delete the task/process.What will be the preferred way?If I delete the process with : runtimeService.deleteProcessInstance(processInstanceId, deleteReson) ;the deletion

Re: Difference between delete process with single task and delete that task

martin_grofcik — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 08:14:23 GMT

Hi Anindya,

The difference is that taskService.deleteTask(taskId); tries to delete the task from the active process. when it would succeed parent process instance is not able to continue -> inconsistent state, that's why exception is thrown.

Regards
Martin

Re: Difference between delete process with single task and delete that task

anindya — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:25:54 GMT

Thanks Martin.

So, where can we use taskService.deleteTask(taskId) ?

Re: Difference between delete process with single task and delete that task

jbarrez — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:39:28 GMT

For standalone tasks that are not attached to a process instance.

Re: Difference between delete process with single task and delete that task

pero — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:13:13 GMT

What if you have multiple task instances in one running process (splitting with parallel gateway for example) and you wan't to delete one?