No Start New Process on Activiti Explorer

[qwerty20]

I was able to install and access Activiti (Probe, Explorer, Modeler and Cycle) but as seen on http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html#examples there should be a tab "Start New Process" on Activiti Explorer. I'm using alpha4 and beta1.

Thanks

[qwerty20]

Also would like to ask if Business Process Diagram (BPMN 2.0) on activiti-modeler is already working?
I receive an error page (unable to connect) after clicking Business Process Diagram (BPMN 2.0)

This error appears on catalina
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Directory can not be accessed
        at com.signavio.warehouse.directory.business.FsDirectory.<init>(FsDirectory.java:67)
        at com.signavio.warehouse.directory.business.FsDirectory.getChildDirectories(FsDirectory.java:116)
        at com.signavio.warehouse.directory.handler.DirectoryHandler.getRepresentation(DirectoryHandler.java:83)
        at com.signavio.platform.handler.AbstractHandler.doGet(AbstractHandler.java:187)
        at com.signavio.platform.servlets.DispatcherServlet.dispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:116)
        at com.signavio.platform.servlets.DispatcherServlet.doGet(DispatcherServlet.java:158)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.signavio.platform.filters.ParseParametersFilter.doFilter(ParseParametersFilter.java:92)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.signavio.platform.filters.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:70)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.signavio.platform.filters.EncodingFilter.doFilter(EncodingFilter.java:71)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.signavio.platform.filters.HandlerFilter.doFilter(HandlerFilter.java:96)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.signavio.platform.filters.RequestExceptionFilter.doFilter(RequestExceptionFilter.java:110)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:849)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:454)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)



Thanks

[davidcognite]

Hi Qwerty,

I'm sorry to say that the documentation is out of date. I'll make sure it's updated. In the mean time, please check the processes tab on the left-hand side of the navigation bar, next to 'Tasks'.

The error above looks like it's related to a file system issue - does the default modeler directory exist and is it writeable? Unless it's changed in this last release, there should be a directory called: "activiti-model-repository" located in "activiti-5.0.beta2/apps" next to the h2 and apache-tomcat directories.

[qwerty20]

Beta2? I've only tried alpha4 and Beta1 from http://www.activiti.org/download.html
The error above only appears on aplha4 so I now used beta1. I was able to access Business Process Diagram (BPMN 2.0) on activiti-modeler by editing web.xml, changed localhost to myserverip.
I think for now I'll wait for the 5.0 release and the updated userguide documentation.
Thank you and more power to you guys. 

[davidcognite]

Beta2? I've only tried alpha4 and Beta1 from http://www.activiti.org/download.html

Yep - Beta 2 should be out shortly. It'll be worth checking out, it's got some good improvements over the last version.

David.