topic Re: Where does the workflow package go to die? in Alfresco Archive

Where does the workflow package go to die?

mangar — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:47:14 GMT

I have a workflow, I attach some files to it. The user completes the workflow.Where does the workflow package go to die?Do I need to clean something up or does it go away when the workflow reaches the end task?

Re: Where does the workflow package go to die?

abarisone — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:37:46 GMT

Hi,
when a workflows gets to completed state, it is kept anyway, but it is no more displayed.
There's no need of you about cleaning up anything.
You can always get info about completed workflows using WorkflowServices API: in fact there is a API called getCompletedWorkflows() in the workflowService which you can use for the purpose.

Rgeards,
Andrea

Re: Where does the workflow package go to die?

mangar — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:48:20 GMT

So if I want to get rid of the files in the workflow, I have to delete them before the task ends? Im just thinking that there are going to be alot of documents hanging around in a no mans land. At some point this will cause a bloated repository and some performance issues, not to mention disk space.

Re: Where does the workflow package go to die?

cgiuliano — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:27:35 GMT

Hi Mangar,

If my understanding is correct, the documents attached to a workflow are just referenced by the bpm_package, not replicated. So I expect the only space occupied by the completed workflows is represented by the table rows about execution history. No documents should be hanging around!

Carlo

Re: Where does the workflow package go to die?

mangar — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:07:00 GMT

Thanks Carlo,

However, the documents are NOT in the repository at first. They are uploaded directly to the workflow package, like: content.putContent(file.inputStream()

Full code here: http://forums.alfresco.com/forum/developer-discussions/workflow/add-file-workflow-package-problem-01112014-1527

Once other tasks are complete, I copy them into the repository, then complete the workflow.

SO the question is; What happens to the Node of the workflow package once the workflow is complete. Because if it's not deleted, then that content would still be there correct?

Re: Where does the workflow package go to die?

cgiuliano — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:18:53 GMT

Hi Mangar,

Now I got your use case!
I haven't experience in that, but according to these posts
<a>http://forums.alfresco.com/forum/developer-discussions/development-environment/explanations-about-workflowservice-and-related</a>
<a>http://forums.alfresco.com/forum/developer-discussions/workflow/add-new-workflow-java-07042011-1616</a>
the created packages should be stored in
workspace://SpacesStore/system/workflow/packages
I cannot check if there are document nodes associated to the packages (I don't use this kind of on-the-fly workflows), but I believe you can easily answer by using the node browser and check if there are nodes to be deleted.

Hope this can help you!

Carlo