topic Re: how to assign user task to whever started the process engine in Alfresco Archive

how to assign user task to whever started the process engine

ageen — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:06:58 GMT

In my process definition, I want to assgin a user task to whoever started the process engine instance. How can I do that? Is there any pre-defined user variable?Thanks.

Re: how to assign user task to whever started the process engine

ronald_van_kuij — Thu, 19 May 2011 06:13:09 GMT

The process *engine*? I hope that is a system user with little rights on the os… You can get that from a java system property and use the normal ways to set that as an assignee or processvariable or whatever. Look at the docs, examples and search the forum for this

Re: how to assign user task to whever started the process engine

ageen — Thu, 19 May 2011 22:50:18 GMT

Thanks. I'm actually talking about the regular user which in the activiti repository.
I believe here is what I can do, add the activiti:initiator="initiator" to the start event,
also assign the task to ${initiator} through a task listener.

That would work, right?

Thanks.

Re: how to assign user task to whever started the process engine

ronald_van_kuij — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:54:54 GMT

if the activiti:initiator works (I missed that that was implemented already) then you are right… but you can use expressions as well then (I think) in the assignee. Not sure a tasklistener is neede then (but that could be my misunderstanding)

Re: how to assign user task to whever started the process engine

jbarrez — Tue, 24 May 2011 07:37:07 GMT

Expressions are indeed possible for the assignee. So you can simply fill in activiti:assignee=${initiator}.