how to assign user task to whever started the process engine

[ageen]

In my process definition, I want to assgin a user task to whoever started the process engine instance. How can I do that? Is there any pre-defined user variable?

Thanks.

[ronald_van_kuij]

The process *engine*? I hope that is a system user with little rights on the os… You can get that from a java system property and use the normal ways to set that as an assignee or processvariable or whatever. Look at the docs, examples and search the forum for this

[ageen]

Thanks. I'm actually talking about the regular user which in the activiti repository.
I believe here is what I can do, add the activiti:initiator="initiator" to the start event,
also assign the task to ${initiator} through a task listener.

That would work, right?

Thanks.

[ronald_van_kuij]

if the activiti:initiator works (I missed that that was implemented already) then you are right… but you can use expressions as well then (I think) in the assignee. Not sure a tasklistener is neede then (but that could be my misunderstanding)

[jbarrez]

Expressions are indeed possible for the assignee. So you can simply fill in activiti:assignee=${initiator}.