topic Alfresco Workflow: How to set association value when update Task by REST Json? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-workflow-how-to-set-association-value-when-update-task/m-p/304365#M257495 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello dears,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My application is interacting with Alfresco workflow by REST. There is a task having association to an object of type cm<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />erson, its value should be collected form the end user -to be used as assignee of the next task-. How can I set this value by REST ??</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tried to send HTTP "PUT" request (content-type:application/json) on URL</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/task-instances/activiti$11102" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/task-instances/activiti$11102</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>and body request is:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; { "cio_employee": "workspace://SpacesStore/bcb9817f-5778-484b-be16-a388eb18b5ab" }</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>where "workspace://SpacesStore/bcb9817f-5778-484b-be16-a388eb18b5ab" is the reference of admin person, but when I end the task (by REST also), Alfresco throws error:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> Caused by: org.activiti.engine.ActivitiException: Unknown property used in expression: ${cio_employee.properties.userName} </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>… </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Caused by: org.activiti.engine.impl.javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Could not find property properties in class java.lang.String</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Below is the task and its model definition:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>//User Task:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&lt;code&gt; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&lt;userTask id="assignHandler" name="Assign Employee" activiti:assignee="admin"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; activiti:formKey="cio:assignEmployeeTask"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;documentation&gt;Please, Assign employee to the next task&lt;/documentation&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;extensionElements&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;activiti:taskListener event="complete" </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.tasklistener.ScriptTaskListener"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;activiti:field name="script"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;activiti:string&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; execution.setVariable('cio_employee', </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; task.getVariable('cio_employee'));</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/activiti:string&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/activiti:field&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/activiti:taskListener&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/extensionElements&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;/userTask&gt;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>//Model</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> …</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;types&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> …</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; &lt;type name="cio:assignEmployeeTask"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;parent&gt;bpm:workflowTask&lt;/parent&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory-aspects&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;aspect&gt;cio:employee&lt;/aspect&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/mandatory-aspects&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; &lt;/type&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> …</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;/types&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&lt;aspects&gt;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;aspect name="cio:employee"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;associations&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;association name="cio:employee"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;source&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;many&gt;false&lt;/many&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/source&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;target&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;class&gt;cm<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />erson&lt;/class&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory&gt;true&lt;/mandatory&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;many&gt;false&lt;/many&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/target&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/association&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/associations&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/aspect&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;/aspects&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////</SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:53:01 GMT amrorabi 2014-02-23T10:53:01Z Alfresco Workflow: How to set association value when update Task by REST Json? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-workflow-how-to-set-association-value-when-update-task/m-p/304365#M257495 Hello dears,My application is interacting with Alfresco workflow by REST. There is a task having association to an object of type cm<IMG id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />erson, its value should be collected form the end user -to be used as assignee of the next task-. How can I set this value by REST ??I tried to send HTTP "PUT" reques Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:53:01 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-workflow-how-to-set-association-value-when-update-task/m-p/304365#M257495 amrorabi 2014-02-23T10:53:01Z Re: Alfresco Workflow: How to set association value when update Task by REST Json? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-workflow-how-to-set-association-value-when-update-task/m-p/304366#M257496 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>After deeply searching, This REST API doesn't support submitting associated object, it will see the object reference as String. So, I should do some work around in my process definition.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 07:20:18 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-workflow-how-to-set-association-value-when-update-task/m-p/304366#M257496 amrorabi 2014-02-24T07:20:18Z