topic Re: An alternative to simple workflow in Alfresco Archive

An alternative to simple workflow

anweber — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:55:53 GMT

Hi,I will present you an alternative way to implement a simple workflow. The aim of this post is just to share my experience. Sorry for my poor English. If it?s not clear enough, please contact me.For a proof of concept, we had to develop a workflow. Currently, the only solution offered by Alf

Re: An alternative to simple workflow

sudharsan — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:28:39 GMT

Hi,

I have created a simple work flow in alfresco using rules. (approve /reject (just moving document))
Now i need to execute the steps (actions) namely request for approval, approve, reject etc from my application.

Is there a ant REST call or any API to do the same.

Kindly let me know ASAP.

Regards,
Sudharsan.S

Re: An alternative to simple workflow

mikeh — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:03:15 GMT

POST to /api/actionQueue with the following JSON body:

"actionedUponNode": nodeRef,
"actionDefinitionName": "accept-simpleworkflow" | "reject-simpleworkflow"

Thanks,
Mike

Re: An alternative to simple workflow

sudharsan — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:09:15 GMT

Hi mike,

Thanks a lot for you quick response. It worked fine.

I need some help on the below requirements:

1. Is there any way to notify the approval/rejection to the requested user?
2. How to maintain comments/reason for approval/rejection and send the comments back and forth the simple work flow?

Regards,
Sudharsan.S

Re: An alternative to simple workflow

sudharsan — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:09:41 GMT

Hi,

we have the issue with the current build of 3.3g.

Version - Alfresco Community v3.3.0 (2765) schema 4,009

Aug 27, 2010 6:52:39 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet Spring Surf Dispatcher Servlet threw exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Could not resolve view with name 'site/testing/dashboard' in servlet with name 'Spring Surf Dispatcher Servlet'
   at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1042)
   at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:798)
   at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:716)
   at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:647)
   at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:552)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
   at org.alfresco.web.site.servlet.MTAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(MTAuthenticationFilter.java:67)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
   at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
   at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
   at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:852)
   at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Please let us know if there is any solution.

Re: An alternative to simple workflow

sudharsan — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:03:29 GMT

Hi,

How do I get the actions that a user can perform on a folder based on his role.

Basically I need to get all the allowable actions that is listed (icons shown) for a user.

Is there any REST Call to get the same.

Regards,
Sudharsan