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Start a process instance as a different user than the one who deployed it

kiranchandran_k — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 09:29:49 GMT

Hi,I am using Activiti-app 1.4.1. We are calling activiti workflow suing REST APIs through our custom application. My requirement is that I wanted to start the activiti workflow process instance by the name of the user who logs into our custom application.For example : As an Admin, I have defined a

Re: Start a process instance as a different user than the one who deployed it

jbarrez — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:28:56 GMT

" How should I start the process as user01 using REST API?"

You can use the credentials of user01 as basic auth.

Or, use the admin credentials, and set the 'activiti-user' header with the correct user id. This only works against the Suite API (not the community api embedded in the Suite)