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    <title>topic CallActivity - get the parent name in Alfresco Archive</title>
    <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactivity-get-the-parent-name/m-p/45697#M25487</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Is it possible to get the name of the parent when using CallActivity ?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;For instance:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I have a workflow called parentWorkflow which calls a subworkflow using callActivity.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;In this subworkflow I have a service task where I want to get the name of the callActivity task that triggered the subworkflow.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;My servicetask in the subworkflow looks likes this:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;PRE class="language-none line-numbers"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;public void yetAnotherServiceMethod(ExecutionEntity execution)&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;{&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;String parameter = (String)execution.getVariable("outputparameter");&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;}&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Through the ExecutionEntity I can get the ID of the CallActiviti task but not the name.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I have a workaround for it, but don't prefer to use it …&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;PRE class="language-none line-numbers"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;public void yetAnotherServiceMethod(ExecutionEntity execution)&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;{&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;String parameter = (String)execution.getVariable("outputparameter");&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Map map = new HashMap();&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;map = (Map)execution.getSuperExecution().getActivity().getProperties();&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;String name = (String)map.get("name");&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;System.out.println("Calling service task: " + name);&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;}&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;It would be nicer if I could do something like this:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;PRE class="language-none line-numbers"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; String name = execution.getSuperExecution().getActivityName();&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The following method does exist:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;PRE class="language-none line-numbers"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; String myId = execution.getSuperExecution().getActivityId();&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>stroobat</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2011-08-10T09:00:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>CallActivity - get the parent name</title>
      <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactivity-get-the-parent-name/m-p/45697#M25487</link>
      <description>Is it possible to get the name of the parent when using CallActivity ?For instance:I have a workflow called parentWorkflow which calls a subworkflow using callActivity.In this subworkflow I have a service task where I want to get the name of the callActivity task that triggered the subworkflow.My se</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactivity-get-the-parent-name/m-p/45697#M25487</guid>
      <dc:creator>stroobat</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-08-10T09:00:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: CallActivity - get the parent name</title>
      <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactivity-get-the-parent-name/m-p/45698#M25488</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Since the name of the activity is more of a "design/modeling" thing, only the ID is exposed (this one uniquely identifies the activity) and IMHO, I don't really see any benefit, (other than display/debugging purposes) of adding such a method.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;You could alternatively, use the ReadOnlyProcessDefinition to get the activity name from, based on the activity id…&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:03:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactivity-get-the-parent-name/m-p/45698#M25488</guid>
      <dc:creator>frederikherema1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-08-10T11:03:05Z</dc:date>
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