Worfkflow: select Assignee from list

[ajejebrazorf]

Hi, I realized a workflow following the tutorial at ecmarchitect. I need to add the possibility to select the user who must approve the document, when the workflow is started.

I think I should modify both platform and share models but I can't understand what I should add, can you help me?

[roberto_gamiz · Accepted solution]

Hello,

In the platform side you need to extend the workflow content model to add a new association with a cmerson to store the approver.

       <type name="scwf:submitReviewTask">         <parent>bpm:startTask</parent>            <associations>                 <association name="scwf:approver">                    <source>                        <mandatory>false</mandatory>                        <many>true</many>                    </source>                    <target>                        <class>cm:person</class>                        <mandatory>true</mandatory>                        <many>false</many>                    </target>                </association>            </associations>			<mandatory-aspects>				<aspect>scwf:thirdPartyReviewable</aspect>			</mandatory-aspects>		</type>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

and must change workflow definition asigning the user selected to the task you want:

activiti:assignee="${scwf_approver.properties.userName}"‍‍‍‍‍

In the share side you need to change the start form of workflow to show te selector of the user:

    <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="activiti$publishWhitepaper">      <forms>         <form>            <field-visibility>               <show id="bpm:workflowDescription" />               <show id="packageItems" />               <show id="scwf:reviewerEmail" />               <show id="scwf:approver" />               <show id="transitions" />               <show id="bpm:status" />            </field-visibility>            <appearance>               <set id="" appearance="title" label-id="workflow.set.general" />               <set id="items" appearance="title" label-id="workflow.set.items" /> 			   <set id="progress" appearance="title" label-id="workflow.set.task.progress" />                              <set id="other" appearance="title" label-id="workflow.set.other" />                              <field id="bpm:workflowDescription" label-id="workflow.field.message">                  <control template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/textarea.ftl">                     <control-param name="style">width: 95%</control-param>                  </control>               </field>               <field id="packageItems" set="items" />               <field id="scwf:reviewerEmail" set="other" />               <field id="scwf:approver" mandatory="true" set="other" />               <field id="bpm:status" set="progress" />            </appearance>         </form>      </forms>    </config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Regards

[ajejebrazorf]

Thanks a lot, that works good. The user selection show all Alfresco users, is it possible to limit it to only a group?

[roberto_gamiz]

You could develop a custom Form Control for the association:

Form Controls | Alfresco Documentation 

Forms reference | Alfresco Documentation 

Regards.