updating workflow instructions and user group assignments

Yean_Tan

Hi,
I am trying to update instructions and assign user groups using WorkflowService_JAXWS.createProcess(ProcessDefinition...) but am not getting the expected results. I am updating the ProcessDefinition before creating a ProcessInstance but the ProcessInstance is using the original Process Definition instead of the updated one. Is there something I'm missing?

The following are the steps I took.

 ProcessDefinition processDefinition = workflowService.getProcessDefinition(workflowMapID);
 List<Activity> activities = processDefinition.getActivities();
 for (Activity activity: activities)
 {
   if (activity.getInstructions() != null  && meets certain criteria)
        {
         activity.setInstructions("some updated instructions");
        }
 }

 WorkflowService_JAXWS.createProcess(processDefinition...)

The result however doesn't have the updated instructions but instead still contained the instructsion from the original map.  I tried updating user groups for each activity as well and that didn't get updated either.

Thanks in advance.

 

 

sgrasley

Hi.

When creating a ProcessInstance from a ProcessDefinition you cannot edit the Activity instructions.  The same is true when initiating a Workflow using the web UI.

There may be some options available within the Workflow module itself for customizing instructions based on the initiator, objects, etc.

thanks,

Scott