File -> execute workflow

I am trying to run a workflow directly from the file menu. I know how to add the link to the file menu using the ui_custom.xml and running make_toolkit.ipl, but I'm not sure how to make the link execute a particular workflow. I don't want to open the New Job form that opens from the Actions Menu. I just want to be able to click File -> Run Workflow and have the workflow execute since it does not require any user interaction. Is this even possible?

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moonkhanna

Not Sure if you find it there but read the URL Commands in the UICG

ISCBorisB

I am trying to run a workflow directly from the file menu. I know how to add the link to the file menu using the ui_custom.xml and running make_toolkit.ipl, but I'm not sure how to make the link execute a particular workflow. I don't want to open the New Job form that opens from the Actions Menu. I just want to be able to click File -> Run Workflow and have the workflow execute since it does not require any user interaction. Is this even possible?

That's not hard to do, not for traditional wft WF Template anyway. Menu calls your own CGI script, you can
compile/invoke your Workflow from there and render Success/Failure Page back (or even self-closing Page in
the case of success)

Search Forum, there are several threads discussing how to instantiate WF from the script. I do not know if
similar mechanism exists for the new WF Modeler though - hope it does

moonkhanna

they do for WFM as well.. read the clts

moonkhanna

ISCBorisB

However, it's an interesting question - if it's not that URI - is there a URI for instantiation WFM's? If you can't find anything on this site, check the support site. If you can't find anything there - I'd suggest opening a case with Support as this would seem a significant gap (there's iwmodelc for doing command line invocation - but I don't think that's what you want)

and

Unfortunately there isn't a way to do this. Instead we wrote our own Java servlet to handle the invocation. There isn't much coverage at all in the CS SDK working with instantiating models. I hear that it is coming in 6.7.1 SP2 though.

Two opinions on the Modeler, neither very encouraging. Note though that referenced thread talks about WF Instantiation GUI (in the spirit of CC URL Commands).
Although somewhat related it's not exactly the same as scripting invocation mechanism

Kevin Butcher

Thanks. I figured it out with the URL commands guide.