Problems with reusing a dashlet webscript for a new dashlet

sayal — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:34:31 GMT

Hello,i want to create a dashlet which lists me every workflow i have started similar to the "Workflows I've Started" Page. I want the dashlet to look like the "My tasks" dashlet. My approach is to reuse the existing my-tasks dashlet and customizing it in a way that it lists workflows instead of tas

Re: Problems with reusing a dashlet webscript for a new dashlet

arnoldschrijve1 — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:28:00 GMT

The trick of populating the My Tasks dashlet occurs in the client-side js file my-tasks.js (that is included via my-tasks.get.head.ftl). The script tries to load the user preferences for the filter, but also passes a default value that is used if there are no preferences available yet. The default is 'allTasks' meaning no filter:

<javascript>
      onPreferencesLoaded: function MyTasks_onPreferencesLoaded(p_response)
      {
         // Select the preferred filter in the ui
         var filter = Alfresco.util.findValueByDotNotation(p_response.json, PREFERENCES_TASKS_DASHLET_FILTER, "allTasks");

         // More stuff…
      }
</javascript>

Then the URL for the repository webscript is constructed and then fed to a YUI DataSource that populates the dataTable:

<javascript>
         // Prepare webscript url to task instances
         var webscript = YAHOO.lang.substitute("api/task-instances?authority={authority}&properties={properties}&exclude={exclude}",
         {
            authority: encodeURIComponent(Alfresco.constants.USERNAME),
            properties: ["bpm_priority", "bpm_status", "bpm_dueDate", "bpm_description"].join(","),
            exclude: this.options.hiddenTaskTypes.join(",")
         });
</javascript>

So this URL directly points to the webscript where the magic occurs
It can be found in: <alfresco-webapp-dir>/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/workflow

In this location you'll also find the other webscript - workflow-instances.get.desc.xml - that you want to include into the dashlet. Note that these are Java-backed webscripts, so this one is backed by org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.workflow.WorkflowInstancesGet.java

You probably don't need to modify any Java code, though, but instead hack your way round in your client-side copy of the my-tasks.js file 😉

Good luck!

Re: Problems with reusing a dashlet webscript for a new dashlet

sayal — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:10:00 GMT

Thanks a lot! I missed the my-tasks.js!

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