topic Detecting that a process has been started by a call activity task in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/detecting-that-a-process-has-been-started-by-a-call-activity/m-p/139842#M97980 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have a process "A" that is calling another process "B" through a call activity. Process "A" sets some variables in process "B" but not all of them. If process "B" is started as a stand alone process then all the info is filled out in the form. If process "B" is started by process "A" then it is missing some information.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have a gateway right after the start of process "B" that check for a value of a variable that needs to be filled out before continuing. If the variable does not have a value then it is sent to a task to finish filling out process "B" information. The problem is that when I test for a value of the variable (topPrinted) that was not set by process "A" then I get the following error:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&lt;blockcode&gt;Caused by: org.activiti.engine.impl.javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Cannot resolve identifier 'topPrinted'</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.activiti.engine.impl.juel.AstIdentifier.eval(AstIdentifier.java:83)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.activiti.engine.impl.juel.AstBinary$SimpleOperator.eval(AstBinary.java:27)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.activiti.engine.impl.juel.AstBinary.eval(AstBinary.java:106)&lt;/blockcode&gt;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What is a reliable way to detect if a process is started by a call activity of another process?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:11:33 GMT ericsnyder 2013-06-07T22:11:33Z Detecting that a process has been started by a call activity task https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/detecting-that-a-process-has-been-started-by-a-call-activity/m-p/139842#M97980 I have a process "A" that is calling another process "B" through a call activity. Process "A" sets some variables in process "B" but not all of them. If process "B" is started as a stand alone process then all the info is filled out in the form. If process "B" is started by process "A" then it is mi Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:11:33 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/detecting-that-a-process-has-been-started-by-a-call-activity/m-p/139842#M97980 ericsnyder 2013-06-07T22:11:33Z Re: Detecting that a process has been started by a call activity task https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/detecting-that-a-process-has-been-started-by-a-call-activity/m-p/139843#M97981 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The best way to do this is in a script task or service task. For example in a service task you can check if a variable is set or not and then set another value that tells if it's started from standalone or as a child process.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:10:36 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/detecting-that-a-process-has-been-started-by-a-call-activity/m-p/139843#M97981 trademak 2013-06-10T14:10:36Z