CSSDK and group tasks

Has anyone figured out a clever way to get the list of users who share a group task? I see that there are addGroup() and removeGroup() methods, but no getGroup() or any equivalent. There are lots of situations where we send an email to all users who share a group task and it'd sure be nice to be able to retrieve the list of users via ContentServices. Thanks.

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Yukka

Has anyone figured out a clever way to get the list of users who share a group task? I see that there are addGroup() and removeGroup() methods, but no getGroup() or any equivalent. There are lots of situations where we send an email to all users who share a group task and it'd sure be nice to be able to retrieve the list of users via ContentServices. Thanks.

You can set and get a custom variable via ContentServices for your workflow.

Regards,
Oliver

Lex

Hmm, true, but I'm still left with determing what to set the variable to. And if I know what to set the variable to then there's no point in setting a variable because I would have the information I need (the list of users which shares a task). Or have I completely misunderstood your suggestion?

Yukka

Hmm, true, but I'm still left with determing what to set the variable to. And if I know what to set the variable to then there's no point in setting a variable because I would have the information I need (the list of users which shares a task).

Well, in your job spec file or through modifiying your wf task you set the users or group for your group task. At this point you can also set a custom variable with a list of users or groups.

At some later point in your workflow (i do not really know what you intend to do, e.g. reminder mail) you can use this variable for your CS getGroup() function.

Or have I completely misunderstood your suggestion?

Maybe I misunderstood your question.

Regards,
Oliver

Lex

No, that makes perfect sense. Thanks, sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. I hadn't even considered simply setting a workflow variable within the workflow spec file itself. That's so obvious now that I'm embarassed to have missed it. Thanks again.

Yukka

or you can do it the other way around. check for active group tasks for a user and then do stuff (send a mail to the user).
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String myQuery = "";

CSWorkflowEngine wfe = client.getWorkflowEngine();
CSTask [] resultTasks = wfe.getTasksByQuery(myQuery);

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