Activiti 5.14 - FormService.submitTaskFormData(taskId, properties) leading to wrong flow?

[bernhardthalmay]

dear experts, I'm kind of newbie, so please apologise if my question sound stupid

I'm using Activit 5.14 right now.

I have a process definition like …

    <serviceTask id="createRequestTask" name="Create Request Data" activiti:expression="${assignAuthzGroupRequestTask.assignAuthzGroupRequest(execution,authenticatedUserId)}"></serviceTask>
    <serviceTask id="checkAutoApprovalTask" name="Check for Auto Approval" activiti:expression="${assignAuthzGroupRequestTask.checkAutoApproval(execution,authenticatedUserId)}"></serviceTask>    
    <userTask id="managerApprovalTask" name="Evaluate request by manager" activiti:assignee="${processService.findManagerForAuthzRequest(authorizationRequestData)}">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:taskListener expression="${notificationTask.notifyAssignee(task, execution)}" event="assignment" />     
        <activiti:formProperty id="requestApprovedManager" name="Approve" type="enum" required="true">
          <activiti:value id="true" name="Yes"></activiti:value>
          <activiti:value id="false" name="No"></activiti:value>
        </activiti:formProperty>
        <activiti:formProperty id="explanation" name="Explanation"></activiti:formProperty>
      </extensionElements>
    </userTask>
    <userTask id="ownerApprovalTask" name="Evaluate request by component owner" activiti:candidateUsers="${processService.findCandidatesForAuthzRequest(authorizationRequestData)}">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:taskListener expression="${notificationTask.notifyCandidates(task, execution)}" event="create" />     
        <activiti:formProperty id="requestApprovedOwner" name="ApproveOwner" type="enum" required="true">
          <activiti:value id="true" name="Yes"></activiti:value>
          <activiti:value id="false" name="No"></activiti:value>
        </activiti:formProperty>
        <activiti:formProperty id="explanation" name="Explanation"></activiti:formProperty>
      </extensionElements>
    </userTask>
…
    <sequenceFlow id="flow1" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="createRequestTask"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow2" sourceRef="createRequestTask" targetRef="managerApprovalTask"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow3" sourceRef="managerApprovalTask" targetRef="authorizationRequestApprovalGatewayManager"></sequenceFlow> 
    <sequenceFlow id="flow4" name="managerApproval" sourceRef="authorizationRequestApprovalGatewayManager" targetRef="checkAutoApprovalTask">
        <conditionExpression xsi:type="tFormalExpression">${requestApprovedManager == 'true'}</conditionExpression>
    </sequenceFlow>
…
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In Java code when I use FormService.submitTaskFormData(taskId, properties) to complete the userTask 'managerApprovalTask' I get into serviceTask 'createRequestTask' but I would actually expect to get into serviceTask 'checkAutoApprovalTask'.

I bet I'm making some mistake, although I've consulted the book 'Activiti in Action' several times on this topic.

Could someone please shed some light on this?

Thanks and regards,
Bernhard

[jbarrez]

What variable do you add to 'properties'?

Is the 'requestApprovedManager' a boolean value or a string? If a boolean, the expression should not check against a string value.