activiti workflows

[ggoutham]

Hi all,
I want to know how to create a activiti workflow i have downloaded the activiti 5.11 plugin for eclipse but i am unable to get the idea to work with it and how to deploy the workflow created with extension .bpmnd.
i read the jeff potts workflow tutorial but that is for old versions of activiti and alfresco.

Kindly help me in this regard

Thanks in advance

[ggoutham]

I am trying to deploy the workflow like this in the workflow console
i just copied my workflow to the location below and i have not configured to the share or explorer UI,
deploy activiti alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/extension/workflows/eligo_review_approve.bpmn20.xml it is showing error like this
org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: 01120027 Exception in Transaction.

This is my .bpmn20.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<definitions xmlns="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:activiti="http://activiti.org/bpmn" xmlns:bpmndi="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/DI" xmlnsmgdc="http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DC" xmlnsmgdi="http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DI" typeLanguage="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" expressionLanguage="http://www.w3.org/1999/XPath" targetNamespace="http://www.activiti.org/test">
  <process id="eligo_review_approve" name="eligo_review_approve" isExecutable="true">
    <extensionElements>
      <activiti:executionListener event="start" class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.listener.ScriptExecutionListener">
        <activiti:field name="script">
          <activiti:string>execution.setVariable('wf_managementGroup', groups.getGroup('Management').getFullName());</activiti:string>
        </activiti:field>
      </activiti:executionListener>
    </extensionElements>
    <startEvent id="start" name="Start" activiti:formKey="wf:submitReviewTask"></startEvent>
    <userTask id="assignEstimateTask" name="Assign Estimate Task" activiti:assignee="admin" activiti:candidateGroups="${wf_managementGroup}" activiti:formKey="wf:reviewTask">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:taskListener event="create" class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.tasklistener.ScriptTaskListener">
          <activiti:field name="script">
            <activiti:string>if (typeof bpm_workflowDueDate != 'undefined') task.dueDate = bpm_workflowDueDate;
if (typeof bpm_workflowPriority != 'undefined') task.priority = bpm_workflowPriority;
if (typeof bpm_comment != 'undefined') task.setVariable('bpm_comment', bpm_comment);</activiti:string>
          </activiti:field>
        </activiti:taskListener>
        <activiti:taskListener event="complete" class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.tasklistener.ScriptTaskListener">
          <activiti:field name="script">
            <activiti:string>execution.setVariable('bpm_assignee', task.getVariable('bpm_assignee'));
execution.setVariable('bpm_comment', task.getVariable('bpm_comment'));
execution.setVariable('wf_manager', person);
execution.setVariable('bpm_dueDate', task.dueDate);
execution.setVariable('bpm_priority', task.priority);</activiti:string>
          </activiti:field>
        </activiti:taskListener>
      </extensionElements>
    </userTask>
    <userTask id="estimateTask" name="Estimate Task" activiti:assignee="venu" activiti:formKey="wf:estimateTask">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:taskListener event="create" class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.tasklistener.ScriptTaskListener">
          <activiti:field name="script">
            <activiti:string>if (typeof bpm_workflowDueDate != 'undefined') task.dueDate = bpm_dueDate;
if (typeof bpm_workflowPriority != 'undefined') task.priority = bpm_priority;
if (typeof bpm_comment != 'undefined') task.setVariable('bpm_comment', bpm_comment);</activiti:string>
          </activiti:field>
        </activiti:taskListener>
        <activiti:taskListener event="complete" class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.tasklistener.ScriptTaskListener">
          <activiti:field name="script">
            <activiti:string>execution.setVariable('bpm_comment', task.getVariable('bpm_comment'));</activiti:string>
          </activiti:field>
        </activiti:taskListener>
      </extensionElements>
    </userTask>
    <userTask id="reviewEstimate" name="Review Estimate" activiti:assignee="goutham" activiti:formKey="wf:activitiReviewTask">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:taskListener event="create" class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.tasklistener.ScriptTaskListener">
          <activiti:field name="script">
            <activiti:string>if (typeof bpm_workflowDueDate != 'undefined') task.dueDate = bpm_workflowDueDate;
if (typeof bpm_workflowPriority != 'undefined') task.priority = bpm_workflowPriority;
if (typeof bpm_comment != 'undefined') task.setVariable('bpm_comment', bpm_comment);</activiti:string>
          </activiti:field>
        </activiti:taskListener>
        <activiti:taskListener event="complete" class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.tasklistener.ScriptTaskListener">
          <activiti:field name="script">
            <activiti:string>execution.setVariable('wf_reviewOutcome', task.getVariable('wf_reviewOutcome'));
execution.setVariable('bpm_comment', task.getVariable('bpm_comment'));</activiti:string>
          </activiti:field>
        </activiti:taskListener>
      </extensionElements>
    </userTask>
    <exclusiveGateway id="reviewDecision" name="Review Decision"></exclusiveGateway>
    <userTask id="estimateApproved" name="Estimate Approved" activiti:assignee="${initiator.exists() ? initiator.properties.userName : 'admin'}" activiti:formKey="wf:estimateApproved">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:taskListener event="create" class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.tasklistener.ScriptTaskListener">
          <activiti:field name="script">
            <activiti:string>if (typeof bpm_workflowDueDate != 'undefined') task.dueDate = bpm_workflowDueDate;
if (typeof bpm_workflowPriority != 'undefined') task.priority = bpm_workflowPriority;
if (typeof bpm_comment != 'undefined') task.setVariable('bpm_comment', bpm_comment);</activiti:string>
          </activiti:field>
        </activiti:taskListener>
      </extensionElements>
    </userTask>
    <endEvent id="end" name="End"></endEvent>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow1" sourceRef="start" targetRef="assignEstimateTask"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow3" sourceRef="assignEstimateTask" targetRef="estimateTask"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow4" sourceRef="estimateTask" targetRef="reviewEstimate"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow5" sourceRef="reviewEstimate" targetRef="reviewDecision"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow6" sourceRef="reviewDecision" targetRef="estimateApproved">
      <conditionExpression xsi:type="tFormalExpression"><![CDATA[${wf_reviewOutcome
            == 'Approve'}]]></conditionExpression>
    </sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow7" sourceRef="estimateApproved" targetRef="end"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow8" sourceRef="reviewDecision" targetRef="estimateTask"></sequenceFlow>
  </process>
  <bpmndi:BPMNDiagram id="BPMNDiagram_eligo_review_approve">
    <bpmndi:BPMNPlane bpmnElement="eligo_review_approve" id="BPMNPlane_eligo_review_approve">
      <bpmndi:BPMNShape bpmnElement="start" id="BPMNShape_start">
        <omgdc:Bounds height="35.0" width="35.0" x="30.0" y="200.0"></omgdc:Bounds>
      </bpmndi:BPMNShape>
      <bpmndi:BPMNShape bpmnElement="assignEstimateTask" id="BPMNShape_assignEstimateTask">
        <omgdc:Bounds height="55.0" width="105.0" x="105.0" y="190.0"></omgdc:Bounds>
      </bpmndi:BPMNShape>
      <bpmndi:BPMNShape bpmnElement="estimateTask" id="BPMNShape_estimateTask">
        <omgdc:Bounds height="55.0" width="105.0" x="250.0" y="190.0"></omgdc:Bounds>
      </bpmndi:BPMNShape>
      <bpmndi:BPMNShape bpmnElement="reviewEstimate" id="BPMNShape_reviewEstimate">
        <omgdc:Bounds height="55.0" width="105.0" x="395.0" y="190.0"></omgdc:Bounds>
      </bpmndi:BPMNShape>
      <bpmndi:BPMNShape bpmnElement="reviewDecision" id="BPMNShape_reviewDecision">
        <omgdc:Bounds height="40.0" width="40.0" x="540.0" y="197.0"></omgdc:Bounds>
      </bpmndi:BPMNShape>
      <bpmndi:BPMNShape bpmnElement="estimateApproved" id="BPMNShape_estimateApproved">
        <omgdc:Bounds height="55.0" width="105.0" x="620.0" y="137.0"></omgdc:Bounds>
      </bpmndi:BPMNShape>
      <bpmndi:BPMNShape bpmnElement="end" id="BPMNShape_end">
        <omgdc:Bounds height="35.0" width="35.0" x="765.0" y="147.0"></omgdc:Bounds>
      </bpmndi:BPMNShape>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge bpmnElement="flow1" id="BPMNEdge_flow1">
        <omgdi:waypoint x="65.0" y="217.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
        <omgdi:waypoint x="105.0" y="217.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge bpmnElement="flow3" id="BPMNEdge_flow3">
        <omgdi:waypoint x="210.0" y="217.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
        <omgdi:waypoint x="250.0" y="217.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge bpmnElement="flow4" id="BPMNEdge_flow4">
        <omgdi:waypoint x="355.0" y="217.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
        <omgdi:waypoint x="395.0" y="217.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge bpmnElement="flow5" id="BPMNEdge_flow5">
        <omgdi:waypoint x="500.0" y="217.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
        <omgdi:waypoint x="540.0" y="217.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge bpmnElement="flow6" id="BPMNEdge_flow6">
        <omgdi:waypoint x="560.0" y="197.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
        <omgdi:waypoint x="560.0" y="164.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
        <omgdi:waypoint x="620.0" y="164.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge bpmnElement="flow7" id="BPMNEdge_flow7">
        <omgdi:waypoint x="725.0" y="164.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
        <omgdi:waypoint x="765.0" y="164.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge bpmnElement="flow8" id="BPMNEdge_flow8">
        <omgdi:waypoint x="560.0" y="237.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
        <omgdi:waypoint x="447.0" y="327.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
        <omgdi:waypoint x="302.0" y="245.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
    </bpmndi:BPMNPlane>
  </bpmndi:BPMNDiagram>
</definitions>

[ggoutham]

Can anybody provide an example for deploying the activiti workflow, so that i can understand easily.
My examples are not working correct.

Please help me in this regard

Thanks in advance
Goutham

[mtw999]

Is this your complete bpmn20.xml file? What if you create a simple process with a startEvent, userTask, and endEvent, can you deploy it?

Mike

[ggoutham]

Hi Mike,
Thanks for your reply. I have not tried with the simple one but this workflow is working fine with enterprise edition.
I will try with a simple one and deploy it on the community editiion

Regards,
Goutham

[bikshapathi]

HI goutham,

I am facing same issues while implementing the custom work flows so can you please help me regarding this.

can you please share me if you have any documents related.

I would be thank full to you!

[muralidharand]

Hi Bikshapathi,
Please let me know, what are the issues that you're facing with workflow?

Thanks,
Murali.

[bikshapathi]

Thanks for reply muralidharan,

I am using alfresco Enterprise 30days trail pack(i.e alfresco-4.14).
Now i have designed the custom workflow using activiti designer plugin in My eclipse Indigo & juno.

Actually my problem is when i am deploying my custom workflow it is working fine but i am not getting customised form in my workflow.

whether i don't know my requirement is possible or not.

If Possible can you please share related documents or videos or urls.

Thanks in Advance of sharing.

Sorry for late Reply.

[muralidharand]

Hi,
Are you able to upload your bpmn file using activiti-admin console ? For learning purpose, activiti-admin console is handy.
http://localhost:8080/alfresco/activiti-admin
Login with Admin account. Click Deployment menu–>Upload new–>Select your YOURWORKFLOW.bpmn20.xml file to upload.

If you're getting any error, please share bpmn20.xml file and error log files.

Refer the below URLs also:

http://forums.alfresco.com/comment/75058#comment-75058
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Workflow_with_Activiti
http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2012/02/20/1552
Sample : http://ecmarchitect.com/images/articles/alfresco-workflow/alfresco-workflow-tutorial.zip
http://techblog.zabuchy.net/2012/creation-of-workflow-in-alfresco-using-activiti-step-by-step/

[ggoutham]

Hi Murali,
Thanks for your reply when i am trying to access the activiti-admin using this http://localhost:8080/alfresco/activiti-admin it is giving a 404 error. I am using community 4.2.c i have tried this bpmn20.xml file in enterprise edition it is working fine
Is activiti-admin works in community editions??
And why my workflow is not working in 4.2.c

Regards,
Goutham

[muralidharand]

Hi Goutham,
Activiti-admin is one of the Enterprise Edition feature 😞