Auto claim a pooled task

[mduduzi]

Hi,

I have a requirement from client to auto claim a pooled task when opening that task i.e when a pooled task is opened it is claimed as well(update the owner of the task)

Kind regards

[romschn]

You can take a look at out-of-the-box implementation for functioning of claim button - how it is rendered and what it does on the button click - for a task that is assigned to a group. Take a look at task-edit-header.js available at tomcat\webapps\share\components\workflow, what it basically does is - if a task is claimable, it renders the Claim button and once claim button is clicked, it updates the owner. I think you will require to make a customization here that if task is claimable then update the owner. Please check, if it works for you or not.

Hope this helps.

[mduduzi]

Hi,
Just saw your reply,thanks. I tried this and below is the code:
<javascript>
if (task.isClaimable)
{
     this._updateTaskProperties({"cm_owner": Alfresco.constants.USERNAME}, "claim");         
     Dom.removeClass(Selector.query(".actions .claim", this.id), "hidden");
     Dom.removeClass(Selector.query(".unassigned-message", this.id), "hidden");
}
</javascript>

I updated and minimized the javascript file but it looks like its not executing this part.
Kind regards
Mdu

[romschn]

You can put up an alert to see if the control is coming to this condition or not. Just take a look at how alert popup is displayed under task editable if logic, just above this if condition in task-edit-header.js. Also, try removing the later two Dom.removeClass statements above and see if it works for you or not.

Hope this helps.

[mduduzi]

Hi,

I have installed Alvex and found that it has another client-side javascript file which is an extension of the task-edit-header.js. I changed both those files as below but the behavior is still the same. It doesn't even show the popup.

<javascript>
if (task.isClaimable)
         {
            //MBP - pop for testing         
       this._updateTaskProperties({"cm_owner": Alfresco.constants.USERNAME}, "claim");
            Alfresco.util.PopupManager.displayMessage(
            {
               text: this.msg("executing isClaimable method"),
               displayTime: 2
            });
         }
</javascript>

I think I am missing something. Your help is appreciated.

Kind regards