topic Re: Generic vs Specific workflows in Alfresco Archive

Generic vs Specific workflows

hreintke — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:45:53 GMT

LS,When I see the examples of workflows in afresco they are more or less variations on a generic review/approve cycle. The review is either by one person, multiple persons of a group or one of the group members.Some are combined with a lifecycle status update. This creates several, nearly identical

Re: Generic vs Specific workflows

davidc — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:10:38 GMT

We provide specific examples to demonstrate the capabilities, and to allow copy/paste configuration. We don't provide a combined one (yet, anyway) as everyone's requirements are different.

Having said that, it is possible to create a workflow whose flow depends on user input. We actually do that for Web Content Management - the submit process allows the user to select serial or parallel review etc.

At a high level this is achieved by defining a task that collects the relevant information (e.g serial or parallel, assign to person, group or pool, the person(s), group(s) etc). Then in the process definition use <decision> nodes to redirect the process to the next appropriate state based on the information entered in the task.

Take a look at config/alfresco/workflow/submit_processdefinition.xml for an example.

Re: Generic vs Specific workflows

hreintke — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:44:42 GMT

David,

Thanks for the link. Gives me a nice starting point for further investigation.

Herman