creating user tasks dynamically

sasikumarg

Here is my Query

1.manager assigning task to author.
2.author adding list of files and editing
for example,
filename owner
1.html domain/user1
2.html domain/user2
3.jsp domain/user3
and so on....

3.i want to create review task for the corresponding owner of the files selected by author dynamically .

that is,
if 1.html is selected and that should be reviewd by user1. and similarly for 2.html and 3.jsp -user2 and user3 will be review task should be created dynamically.

how to do this??

Regards
sasi

Adam Stoller

Here is my Query 1.manager assigning task to author. 2.author adding list of files and editing for example, filename owner 1.html domain/user1 2.html domain/user2 3.jsp domain/user3 and so on.... 3.i want to create review task for the corresponding owner of the files selected by author dynamically . that is, if 1.html is selected and that should be reviewd by user1. and similarly for 2.html and 3.jsp -user2 and user3 will be review task should be created dynamically. how to do this?? Regards sasi

Tasks cannot be dynamically added or removed from a workflow process once the workflow is instantiated.

If the prompts (or programatic calculations) of this information can be performed during workflow instantiation - you can use Perl code within the WFT to generate the tasks dynamically - however all files associated with the workflow will be available to all tasks unless you do something very hackish to remove and re-add them throughout the course of the workflow process (not recommended).

If the prompts for this information have to happen within the workflow itself (e.g. a cgitask script) - then you might want to use nested workflows (wftask perhaps, but probably the cgitask script where you prompted for the information or an externaltask directly afterwards) to launch N sub-jobs, each of which will have a pre-defined set of files and a pre-defined reviewer associated with them. Not necessarily trivial, but it shouldn't be too difficult if you know what you're doing.

Another alternative is to define all N review tasks up front and use a cgitask or externaltask prior to those reviews to perform the specific transitions desired based on what's been determined in terms of files and reviewers. Also not trivial but not rocket-science - however if the number is so varied (could be 1, could be 20 or even 50 possible transitions) - then I'd consider it a highly questionable design.