Transition comments incorrect

Hi,

TeamSite 6.5 (sp1), solaris 9

I am developing a workflow where a grouptask controls a loop of tasks, which always returns to the grouptask once complete. If the loop is repeated more than once some of the blank transition comments start to contain comments from other transitions (sometimes from a CGI - other times from an external task)

The comments appear correctly in the comments text box under 'task details' but incorrectly in the 'job details' screen under 'Completed Tasks'

Anyone else come across this?

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kaalraa

I have also implemented this sort of scenario but all works fine for me... moreover i have never gone through an instance that comments are appearing correct at one place and incorrect on the other side.

Also in my workflow... it can be checked out at three places - task details, completed task details and the mail we send as notification to the content person.

Also please verify as what column name, you are looking at under the Completed Tasks.

inwinchester

kaalraa, thanks for the reply.

The column that is incorrect is "Transition Comment" in the "Job details" screen under completed tasks. Some of the comments are fine but there are a few which seem to just replicate a random comment (either from a CGI or external task) after going round the loop of tasks more than once.

I am going to try setting each transition comment to the taskID of the task I am transitioning from to see if there is any pattern.

kaalraa

Some of the comments are fine but there are a few which seem to just replicate a random comment (either from a CGI or external task) after going round the loop of tasks more than once..

Can you just attach the code where you are declaring the task in your worklfow and using the callback in your CGI / external task? As the comment which comes under the said column comes from the comments you pass on while using callback.

I am going to try setting each transition comment to the taskID of the task I am transitioning from to see if there is any pattern.

At the time of initiation of the workflow each task has been assigned a taskID.. and that ID remains the same throughout the job ... whether u use that task once or number of times in any loop. So if you want to make comment as per taskID ... it would generate the same all the time.

inwinchester

Thanks kaalraa,

I am using the WFconstructor module to declare the task, here is the generated XML:

[html]

[/html]

Sorry, this is happening to more than one task - I understand the fact that each task has a unique ID that will remain the same throughout the job - therefore I planned to take advantage of that by setting each tasks transition comment to its taskID, therefore it would be easier to spot which ones were ending up with incorrect transition comments.

inwinchester

Also, here is the callback for an external task in the loop...


sub main {
  my ($jobID, $taskID, $areavpath) = @_[0..2];

  $task = TeamSite::WFtask->new($taskID);
  my ($transition, $comment) = process_task($task);
  my ($success, undef) =  $task->CallBack(0, $comment);
}


sub process_task {
  my ($task) = shift;

  my $wa = $task->GetArea;
  my $st = ($wa =~ m|^(.*?)\/WORKAREA.*|)[0] . '/STAGING';

  my $unlink = 0;

  foreach my $f ($task->GetFiles) {
    my $st_file = "$st/$f";
    unless (-f $st_file) {
      my $wa_file = "$wa/$f";
      $unlink += unlink($wa_file) or warn "$basename: failed to remove $wa_file";
    }
  }

  my $plural = $unlink == 1 ? "" : "s";

  return($wf_constants::TR_RMNVPL_RECUP, $task->GetId);

I am using /iw-cc/transitiontask to transition from the CGI task, heres the code:

[html]
sub transition_task {

my ($transition) = @_;

my %params;
$params{taskid} = $task->GetId;
$params{cgi_transition} = 'true';
$params{comment} = $task->GetId;
$params{transition} = $transition;

print '';

foreach my $key (keys %params) {
print "\n";
}

print <
<script type="text/javascript">
document.forms['transitiontask'].submit()
</script>
EOT
}

[/html]

kaalraa

Hello,

I dont think... of any problem with the code as per the first thought. Also in external task it can vary if you called the same task from different tasks.

inwinchester

Ok, I'll have to experiment a bit more

Thanks for your help kaalraa