REST - Process definition description is always null

[mjacobi]

Hello,

I'm querying the Activiti REST-API for process definitions like this:

http://server:8080/activiti-rest/service/repository/process-definitions‍

which works fine.

The problem is, the resulting response has always

processdescription: null‍

.  I tried to use the <em>Documentation</em> field in the Activiti Explorer with no results.

I haven't found anything regarding the process definition description in the userguide. Any suggestions?

[mjacobi]

update: I'm using Activiti 5.13 (explorer and REST-API)

[trademak]

The description field is filled with the value of the documentation child element of the process element in the BPMN XML.
When you don't have a documentation child element, the value will be null.

Best regards,

[mjacobi]

Works! Thanks.
It might be helpful if the <code><documentation></code> tag appears in the userguide not only in the context of user tasks but also in the context of process definition.
Cheers

[anafluid]

Hello,

I am using the activiti-explorer to model BPMN processes and to import the XML of the BPMN process. When the process gets deployed, it seems that the <documentation> child element of the process disappears. Consequently, the Activiti REST-API for process definitions always returns null for process description ("description":null,").

An example scenario:
1) We have a process model that contains the documentation tag.
2) We save the model, and we deploy the process.
3) If we now call the GET repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId} method, we get an empty description (description":null,). Also if we convert it to an editable model and look at it in the modeler or export it to the xml, the documentation tag is gone.

In what way can one store the process description for the deployed process?

[anafluid]

Another thing - we are using the new api, e.g. activiti-explorer/api/repository/process-definitions/process:4:1878

[frederikherema1]

Are you using the latest version of the explorer? If so, can you create a JIRA issue for this problem?

[aokelly]

Hello,
We are seeing the same issue. If you upload a process definition with a documentation tag and immediately export the same process definition, the documentation flag will not be present.
We are using the 5.17 version.