[jboss-user] [jBPM Development] - Insert user information for process instance

[Charles Aznavour]

Charles Aznavour [http://community.jboss.org/people/charles_a] replied to the discussion

"Insert user information for process instance"

To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/554957#554957

--------------------------------------------------------------
Hi guys,

some input:

* capturing the initiator shouldn´t be linked in any way with tasks. We have processes withtout tasks, but we still need the information who started this process
* we use a swimlane for the initiator. The swimlane evaluates a variables we pass in on process start. In the process we use this swimlane to reference to the initiator.
* after a process has finished the initiator information shoudn´t be lost. We need to be able to find  process instances (running and finished) "per initiator". Therefore, we additionally create a history variables to persist this information.

Currently, we provide the initiator information on process start to let the swimlane know the value. And then, we create a history variable for it, which is (programatically) only possible after the process has been started. A bit of the same work twice, but it works and happens automatically in our system. We did´t want to the user to specifiy history variables it in the process definition for the initiator, as it´s a requirement that must always be met.

Cheers,
Charles

--------------------------------------------------------------

Reply to this message by going to Community
[http://community.jboss.org/message/554957#554957]

Start a new discussion in jBPM Development at Community
[http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&containerType=14&container=2035]

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.jboss.org/pipermail/jboss-user/attachments/20100729/10e27f46/attachment-0001.html