Task assignment to a particular user

[neelam]

Hi

I have created one workflow in which I am initiating the workflow from admin account but i want to assign the next task to a particular user let say  'abc'.can i do this by adding the following lines in the process definition or do i have to add pooled task tag for assigning the task to the specific user.

<swimlane name="assignee">
  <assignment actor-id="#{bpm_assignee.properties['cm:abc']}"/>
</swimlane>


Thanks

[cheffilet]

Simple approach could be following:

<task-node name="review">
        <task name="wf:reviewTask">
            <assignment class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoAssignment">
               <actor>#{bpm_assignee}</actor>
            </assignment>
        </task>

       …
</task-node>
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To resolve the variable bpm_assignee, at least you have to set a processvariable on workflow-start (or later by an action or something else that has access to the ExecutionContext of JBPM).

Something like this should work:

 Map<QName, Serializable> params = … 
 params.put(WorkflowModel.ASSOC_ASSIGNEE, "thomas");
 getWorkflowService().startWorkflow(selectedWorkflow, params);
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[jayjayecl]

Easiest way, if you want the user whose userName is "abc" to be the swimlane :

<assignment class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoAssignment">
  <actor>abc</actor>
</assignment>
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[major_king]

Hello together,

and what's the way to assign three specific groups to three different swimlanes via java api? Is this possible?

Thanks for helping
Christian

[jayjayecl]

If you have those swimlanes in your processDefinition.xml :

<swimlane name="Group_1">
          <assignment class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoAssignment">
            <pooledactors>#{var_Group_1}</pooledactors>
      </assignment>
    </swimlane>

<swimlane name="Group_1">
          <assignment class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoAssignment">
            <pooledactors>#{var_Group_3}</pooledactors>
      </assignment>
    </swimlane>

<swimlane name="Group_3">
          <assignment class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoAssignment">
            <pooledactors>#{var_Group_3}</pooledactors>
      </assignment>
    </swimlane>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

The following java snippet will set those swimlanes with the suitable groups (for example "GROUP_VALIDATORS", "GROUP_ADMINS", and "GROUP_USERS"):

executionContext.setVariable("var_Group_1", "GROUP_VALIDATORS");
executionContext.setVariable("var_Group_2", "GROUP_ADMINS");
executionContext.setVariable("var_Group_3", "GROUP_USERS");
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[major_king]

Thanks for helping

Swimlanes are defined in processdefinition.xml.

I only have one small question: how will i set/get/define the execution context and where?

[jayjayecl]

You have 2 solutions :
- call a Java class somewhere in your processDefinition… of course, the Java class setting the swimlane X has to be fired before you enter a task having the swimlane X assigned
- put the snippet into an Alfresco script in your processDefinition… same remark

see Jeff Pott's excellent article
http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2007/11/19/785
It will illustrate both cases

[7joeblack8]

sorry if i bump this thread…but it is possible to do the same thing in Activiti?

[deba]

Hi if I understand correctly your requirement then you are trying to call a child workflow from parent workflow right?? For this you can call a java class from your service task. And from this java class you can initiated another workflow. Like this

processEngine.startProcessInstanceByKey("ChildWorkflowProcessId");

and in child workflow you can add n number of assignee groups as per your requirement.