Launching a workflow within a workflow using javascript

As we transition to the new Hyland Community, some post links may be temporarily disrupted as we finalize redirects. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to resolve this as quickly as possible. Details.

buje85

Hi,

I want to launch a workflow from within another workflow.

I have this code that will create a workflow correctly if I run it through the javascript console addin.

   var doc = userhome.createFile("testing1.txt");
   doc.content = "original text";   

   
   var workflow = actions.create("start-workflow");
       workflow.parameters.workflowName = "activiti$ps_New_Post_Workflow";
       workflow.parameters["bpm:workflowDescription"] = "Please index test" ;

       workflow.execute(doc);
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

If put the code into my activiti:taskListener on the workflow I get an error "failed to execute supplied script : null"

It seems to fail on the workflow.execute(doc) line.

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong, Is it not possible to launch a workflow from within a workflow? Perhaps there is a better way to do this.

Thanks,

kaynezhang

It seems something is null,please paste your alfresco.log here.
I haven't ever launched a workflow within a workflow,can't you use activiti Sub-Process as instead?
And you'd better not use "workflow" as variable name,there is a root object named "workflow" in alfresco