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How to assign user to task

tiennd — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:09:17 GMT

Please take a look at my process definition and task model below:[img]http://demo.dtn.com.vn/download/processimage.jpg[/img]There're 4 steps in the process and I want users to be able to assign different user in each step. I deployed the definition successfully but only in the first step, I can sele

Re: How to assign user to task

davidc — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:42:11 GMT

Hi,

You need to configure the UI dialog for each of your new tasks to allow the user to select the next workflow participant.

e.g.

in web-client-config-properties.xml, add the following for your "Pre Process" task…

<config evaluator="node-type" condition="wfreProcessDocTask" replace="true">
   <property-sheet>
      <separator name="sep1" display-label-id="general" component-generator="HeaderSeparatorGenerator" />
      <show-property name="bpm:workflowDescription" component-generator="TextAreaGenerator" />
      <separator name="sep2" display-label-id="users_and_roles" component-generator="HeaderSeparatorGenerator" />
      <show-association name="bpm:assignee" />
   </property-sheet>
</config>

and repeat for your other tasks. Each task dialog can display/edit its own set of properties.

Just one comment on your definition. I see you're re-using bpm_assignee in each of the tasks. That's ok with your serial process, however, the bpm_assignee will be overwritten in each step. If you want to maintain all the assignees during the workflow, and refer to them later on, you can use a different association name for each.

Re: How to assign user to task

tiennd — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:26:26 GMT

Thank you, David. It's working now.
Thank you for the comment, I will need to define aspects for each step.

Re: How to assign user to task

davidc — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:00:44 GMT

Btw, you don't have to define an aspect. You can just add an association directly to your task definitions.

Re: How to assign user to task

zouhair — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:10:04 GMT

Can you explain (with an example if it's possible) how to define a different association name for each assignee in the workflow.
Thank you very much for the response.
Hope it will be quick!
Ciao!

Re: How to assign user to task

davidc — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:51:16 GMT

You can define a model something like…

<model …

   <type name="wf:submitTask">
        …
        <associations>

            <association name="wf:reviewer">
               <title>Reviewer</title>
               <source>
                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>
                  <many>false</many>
               </source>
               <target>
                  <class>cm:person</class>
                  <mandatory>true</mandatory>
                  <many>false</many>
               </target>
            </association>

            <association name="wf:manager">
               <title>Manager</title>
               <source>
                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>
                  <many>false</many>
               </source>
               <target>
                  <class>cm:person</class>
                  <mandatory>true</mandatory>
                  <many>false</many>
               </target>
            </association>

         </associations>
        
   </type>

</model>
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Re: How to assign user to task

sofie24 — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:31:54 GMT

Hi,

I've tried everything in this post.
The first reviewer can add other reviewers to the workflow, but the workflow is never send to those reviewers.

Any idea what went wrong?

Sofie

Re: How to assign user to task

sofie24 — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:56:23 GMT

I'm sorry I forgot the code:

workflowModel.xml

<type name="wf:checkBillTask"> 
         <parent>bpm:startTask</parent> 
        <!– <overrides> 
            <property name="bpm:packageItemActionGroup"> 
               <default>edit_package_item_actions</default> 
            </property> 
         </overrides> –>
       <mandatory-aspects> 
            <aspect>bpm:assignees</aspect> 
         </mandatory-aspects> 
      </type>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

web-client-config-properties.xml

<config evaluator="node-type" condition="wf:checkBillTask" replace="true"> 
     <property-sheet> 
       <separator name="sep1" display-label-id="general" component-generator="HeaderSeparatorGenerator" /> 
       <show-property name="bpm:taskId" />
       <show-property name="bpm:description" component-generator="TextAreaGenerator" read-only="true"/>
       <show-property name="bpm:dueDate" read-only="true"/>
       <show-property name="bpm:priority" read-only="true" /> 
       <show-property name="bpm:status" />
       <separator name="sep2" display-label-id="users_and_roles" component-generator="HeaderSeparatorGenerator" /> 
       <show-association name="bpm:assignees" /> 
     </property-sheet> 
   </config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍