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Choose the transition to pass in endTask()

midoscofield — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 09:37:39 GMT

Hello,<blockquote>endTask(transitionId) ends the task and signals the associated workflow path to progress to the next node using the specified transition.</blockquote>The form of my task to end includes two transitions buttons "Approve" and "Reject".When I try:task.endTask ("Next")‍ tha

Re: Choose the transition to pass in endTask()

darkredd — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 09:57:24 GMT

Hi,

I think your task type is defaulted to "reject" hence it uses that transition. I had a similar challenge a few years ago. Try switching you default task type outcome to "Approve" and observe.

Re: Choose the transition to pass in endTask()

midoscofield — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 10:13:00 GMT

Hi Dark,

Me too I thought, but i found that my exclusiveGateway have the "approve" transition as default flow.Any way,but my problem is that I can not change my workflow definition, because my need is to touch running instances.So I have to know how to distinguish between the two transitions without modifying my workflow.
Thanks anyway.

Re: Choose the transition to pass in endTask()

midoscofield — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 10:17:29 GMT

Ah, I was wrong, you speak of the default value in the model! hmm, I think it's a good idea, especially if I change the model that will be applied to the running instances.
I will try this. thank you.

Re: Choose the transition to pass in endTask()

midoscofield — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 10:38:57 GMT

This is an alternative that works very well! Thank you Dark !

Re: Choose the transition to pass in endTask()

darkredd — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 11:08:40 GMT

Pleasure, happy coding!