topic Re: Add FormData after ProcessInstance has been created. in Alfresco Archive

Add FormData after ProcessInstance has been created.

whelmingbytes — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:59:00 GMT

Hi,I am having a hard time finding out how to add form data to a process or task after they have already been completed. In my scenario, I have a process that has already been started, and I need to add data (kind of like global data) to the process to look it up later and make decisions based on th

Re: Add FormData after ProcessInstance has been created.

trademak — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:53:17 GMT

Why don't you set these values when starting the process instance?
Or why don't you set it as a process variable in the first service task?

Best regards,

Re: Add FormData after ProcessInstance has been created.

whelmingbytes — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:07:10 GMT

This should work for most of our business needs, but I think for a small part of the time, this will not work.

So to add parameters to the start of the process, are you suggesting to use the FormService.submitStartFormData()?

Thanks for your help!

Re: Add FormData after ProcessInstance has been created.

trademak — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:15:24 GMT

Hi,

Using FormService.submitStartFormData is one way.
Another way would be to use RuntimeService.startProcessInstanceByKey(key, variableMap)

Best regards,