Pulling tasks in wf and auto assigning tasks [SOLVED]

[jimcornmell]

Hi All,

I have a workflow, aspects etc all setup which works fine but have two questions which are related:

1) How do I automatically assign changes in workflow state to users?  I.e. if I have a user "artist1234" they work the job and then I want it to pass automatically to "reader5678".  when the artist hits "Pass to Reader".  Also I would like to do this based on the reader with the least amount of work.  I.e. I do not want the artist to select someone by hand, the system needs to do this for them.

2) When a user with a specific roll (reader or artist for example) want a task they press "Give me a task" button.  This then passes them the highest priority/oldest task to work. This would move the task from a "Wating for Artist" state to a "Artist Creating" and then mocing it to a "Waiting for Reader" state.

Question 2) is essentially the more important and more likely scenario for me.

Many thanks in advance.

Jim

[davidc]

Assuming you've developed an advanced workflow you can:

1) Use javascript within your workflow definition to determine the next user assignment

2) Use the notion of a "pooled task" (i.e. a task which is assigned to many, but only one actually performs) and write some custom UI (i.e. the "Get next task") to retrieve the pooled task and assign ownership to the user.

[jimcornmell]

Hi David thanks for your help.  One further question.

The pooled task works fine.  As for the custom UI, can you point me at an example or tutorial?

Jim