transition arguments?

[bedag-moo]

Hi,

In a task-node with two outgoing transitions, I'd like to prompt the user for different data depending on which transition she selects (specifics below).

I'm curious how others approach this; the best approach I see is to define the properties for both transitions in the task model, map them in the web-client-ui, and have users ignore the properties for the transition they don't intend to use. Is there a better way?

Regards
moo

—

Specifics

In the process definition (excerpt)

   <task-node name="edit">
      <task name="bwf:edit" swimlane="editor"/>
      <transition name="Send for review" to="manager_review"/>
   </task-node>
   
   <task-node name="manager_review">
      <task name="bwf:manager_review" swimlane="manager"/>
      <transition name="Reject" to="edit"/>
      <transition name="Send for review" to="fork_review"/>
   </task-node>
   
   <node name="fork_review">
      <action class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.ForEachFork">
         <foreach>#{people.getMembers(bpm_groupAssignee)}</foreach>
         <var>reviewer</var>
      </action>
      <transition name="review" to="review"/>
   </node>
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

I want to prompt the manager for the reviewers only if he wants to have it reviewed.

[claudio_martins]

Your transition should move to a task-node that defines the custom model (the metadata) you want to request from the user.

[bedag-moo]

I could do that, but:

1) The manager has to open the task twice in order to send it to review, which is somewhat cumbersome if he has many tasks in his list.
2) The data-entry task will appear in the task history.
3) What if the user changes his mind after he has transitioned to the data-entry node?

In my specific use case, presenting the manager with the reviewer selection list even if he doesn't (yet) want to send the document for review seems a lesser evil. In general, I'll keep that technique in mind 🙂

Any other ideas? I was thinking about modifying the web client to take the user to a data entry wizard upon selecting a transition, but that would probably get quite involved?