Mandatory Value in a Workflow

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emgiraldo

Hi there.

My name is Erik.

Right now I have a simple workflow (taken from Alfresco Developer Guide, pag 296, Step-by-Step: Grabbing the Hello World Argument from the User), I have the following files:

Workflow definition (processdefinition.xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<process-definition xmlns="urn:jbpm.org:jpdl-3.1" name="scwf:helloWorldUI">
   <start-state name="start">
      <task name="scwf:submitHelloWorldTask" />      
      <transition name="" to="hello"></transition>
   </start-state>
   <node name="hello">
      <transition name="" to="end1">
         <action class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoJavaScript">
            <script>
               <variable name="scwf_helloName" access="read"/>
               <expression>
                  logger.log("Hello, " + scwf_helloName + "!");
               </expression>
            </script>
         </action>
      </transition>
   </node>
   <end-state name="end1"></end-state>
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Custom Model for the WorkFlow(scWorkflowModel.xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!– Definition of new Model –>
<model name="scwf:workflowmodel" xmlns="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0">
   <!– Optional meta-data about the model –>
   <description>Someco Workflow Model</description>
   <author>Optaros</author>
   <version>1.0</version>
   <!– Imports are required to allow references to definitions in other models –>
   
   <imports>
      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" prefix="d" />
      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/bpm/1.0" prefix="bpm" />
   </imports>
      <!– Introduction of new namespaces defined by this model –>
      <namespaces>
         <namespace uri=" http://www.someco.com/model/workflow/1.0" prefix="scwf" />
      </namespaces>
      <types>
         <type name="scwf:submitHelloWorldTask">
            <parent>bpm:startTask</parent>
            <properties>
               <property name="scwf:helloName">
                  <type>d:text</type>
                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>
                  <multiple>true</multiple>
               </property>
            </properties>
         </type>         
      </types>
</model>
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Workflow properties file (config/extension/scWorkflow.properties):

#
# Hello World UI Workflow
#
# scWorkflowModel related strings
scwf_workflowmodel.type.scwf_submitHelloWorldTask.title=Start Hello World UI Workflow Erik
scwf_workflowmodel.type.scwf_submitHelloWorldTask.description=Submit a workflow that says hello in the log
scwf_workflowmodel.property.scwf_helloName.title=Name
scwf_workflowmodel.property.scwf_helloName.description=Say hello to this person
# processdefinition related strings
scwf_helloWorldUI.workflow.title=Hello World UI
scwf_helloWorldUI.workflow.description=A simple hello wo‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Registering spring beans to alfresco context (someco-model-context.xml):

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>

<beans>
    <!– Registration of new models –>
    <bean id="someco.dictionaryBootstrap" parent="dictionaryModelBootstrap" depends-on="dictionaryBootstrap">
        <property name="models">
            <list>
                <value>alfresco/extension/model/scModel.xml</value>
                <value>alfresco/extension/model/scWorkflowModel.xml</value>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>
    <bean id="extension.workflowBootstrap" parent="workflowDeployer">
      <property name="labels">
         <list>
            <value>alfresco.extension.scWorkflow</value>
         </list>
      </property>
   </bean>    
</beans>
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The workflow appear, but What I need, well according to the example is to pass the value in the start step of the Workflow, but I can not get this working, it just does not appear in the UI, I'v trying to google it but I can not find an answer.

It would be great if anyone could tell me What I'm missing or if I'm doing something wrong.

Thanks a lot!

smicyk

Hi,

you probably miss configuration in web-client-config-custom.xml file. You should create such file and add to spring configuration in similar way as model. In this file you should define what should be visible on each process step.

Thanks,
smicyk