Add new property to existing workflows

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dasu

Hi,

I want to add a new property to out-of-box workflows available in Alfresco community (Custom aspect). I want user to add value to this property and saved that with workflow node. I managed to add a new field to workflow forms through share-config-custom.xml. However still value doesn't store with the node. I want to access these values through webscript "/alfresco/service/api/workflow-instances/". Can I do this using a model in AMP package? I want to add property to existing workflow, so how can I do it through new model?

darkredd

Hi Dasu,

There are two things that you can try to get your desired out put.
1. Redesign the work which you deploy into your extensions folder and add what you need to it. This will need you to disable and undeploy the OOTB workflow.
2. You can edit the OOTB workflow to add what you need.

All these step are not necessarily recommended as with new release and upgrade; you custom changes my clash or entirely be overridden.
You will have to decide on what suits you best, I would suggest build your own custom workflow as those that come OOTB were designed with a certain idea in mind, which is to be generic; which is why there are only a handful of them.