topic New process instance in some Activity in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-process-instance-in-some-activity/m-p/87727#M59461 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there anyway to start a process in a particular Activiti, and not in the start Node?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>For example I have this definition:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Start -&gt; UTask1 -&gt; UTask2 -&gt; End</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>And i want to start the instance in the UTask2.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tried with </SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>ProcessDefinitionEntity pd = (ProcessDefinitionEntity) ((RepositoryServiceImpl)repositoryService).getDeployedProcessDefinition(pdId);<BR />ExecutionEntity pi3 = pd.createProcessInstance(null, ActivitiUTask2);<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>but i received </SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.insert(ExecutionEntity.java:1032)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ProcessDefinitionEntity.newProcessInstance(ProcessDefinitionEntity.java:146)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.activiti.engine.impl.pvm.process.ProcessDefinitionImpl.createProcessInstanceForInitial(ProcessDefinitionImpl.java:59)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.activiti.engine.impl.pvm.process.ProcessDefinitionImpl.createProcessInstance(ProcessDefinitionImpl.java:49)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ProcessDefinitionEntity.createProcessInstance(ProcessDefinitionEntity.java:76)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at gecos.main.main(main.java:200)<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Marcos Dutto</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:42:41 GMT marcosdutto 2012-07-12T14:42:41Z New process instance in some Activity https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-process-instance-in-some-activity/m-p/87727#M59461 Is there anyway to start a process in a particular Activiti, and not in the start Node?For example I have this definition<IMG id="smileyfrustrated" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyfrustrated" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-frustrated.png" alt="Smiley Frustrated" title="Smiley Frustrated" />tart -&gt; UTask1 -&gt; UTask2 -&gt; EndAnd i want to start the instance in the UTask2.I tried with ProcessDefinitionEntity pd = (ProcessDefinitionEntity) ((RepositoryServiceImp Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:42:41 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-process-instance-in-some-activity/m-p/87727#M59461 marcosdutto 2012-07-12T14:42:41Z Re: New process instance in some Activity https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-process-instance-in-some-activity/m-p/87728#M59462 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Sure, just put an exclusive gateway in front of the UTask1, with one outgoing flow to UTask2 and start te process&nbsp; by passing a param tat you check in te gateway…</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:21:47 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-process-instance-in-some-activity/m-p/87728#M59462 ronald_van_kuij 2012-07-12T18:21:47Z Re: New process instance in some Activity https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-process-instance-in-some-activity/m-p/87729#M59463 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Starting a process should be done using the API, not by using the ProcessDefinitionEntity directly, this is activiti-internal stuff… Maybe a call-activity is what you are looking for?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://activiti.org/userguide/index.html#bpmnCallActivity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://activiti.org/userguide/index.html#bpmnCallActivity</A></BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:09:22 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-process-instance-in-some-activity/m-p/87729#M59463 frederikherema1 2012-07-16T07:09:22Z