DateTime type

We want to create a workflow that has a DateTime field as Input at the workflowstart window. When we create this DateTime field, it will automaticallypopulate the initial value which is the date we create this field. For example,if this Datetime field is created at Oct 20, then whateven we start workflow,it shows Oct 20. Is it possible that it shows the date base on the currentdatetime? When means if we start the workflow on Oct 30, the value should showOct 30 instead of Oct 20.

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Clay Johnson

I don’t understand the question.

But note that workflow process instances (WfProcess) have astartTime (WfProcessBundle.getStartTime()), if you’re just looking formetadata. I think it’s serialized into the xpath representation aswell, probably /process/properties/startTime.

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DateTime type

Posted by shuai.h.hua@seagate.com (Hua, Shuai) On 2010/10/29 12:24

We want to create a workflow that has a DateTime field as Input at the workflow

start window. When we create this DateTime field, it will automatically

populate the initial value which is the date we create this field. For example,

if this Datetime field is created at Oct 20, then whateven we start workflow,

it shows Oct 20. Is it possible that it shows the date base on the current

datetime? When means if we start the workflow on Oct 30, the value should show

Oct 30 instead of Oct 20.

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Shuai_Hua

I have uploaded an attachment. Looking at the attachment, you will see Workflow Definition Properties window. There is Date attribute which is DateTime in the Input/Output tab which initial value is 10/20/2010. This is the day I create this workflow. If you add one more DateTime attribute, the initial value will be 10/29/2010 whichi is today.

So after you upload this workflow to VCM console, you go to VCM console and start this workflow. On the start workflow window, navigate to Input tab, you will see these two Datetime attributes with value 10/20/2010 and 10/29/2010. These two attribute will remain these value unless you manually change them. So my question is that is it possible to have these value to be the date when user start the workflow. In if user start the workflow on 11/1/2010, they should see 11/1/2010 instead of 10/20/2010

I don’t understand the question.

But note that workflow process instances (WfProcess) have a startTime (WfProcessBundle.getStartTime()), if you’re just looking for metadata. I think it’s serialized into the xpath representation as well, probably /process/properties/startTime.

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Posted by shuai.h.hua@seagate.com (Hua, Shuai) On 2010/10/29 12:24

We want to create a workflow that has a DateTime field as Input at the workflow

start window. When we create this DateTime field, it will automatically

populate the initial value which is the date we create this field. For example,

if this Datetime field is created at Oct 20, then whateven we start workflow,

it shows Oct 20. Is it possible that it shows the date base on the current

datetime? When means if we start the workflow on Oct 30, the value should show

Oct 30 instead of Oct 20.

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Clay Johnson

If you don’t want the input parameter to default to that initialvalue you have defined in the visio model, then remove that initial value.

Do you want the user to enter this value? Seems like youdo not, rather, you want it automatically set to the time when the processstarts. If so, it sounds the same as the existing startTime I mentioned. Note, you can assign startTime to a process input parameter within the process,if you prefer to use an explicit parameter. But that assignment canhappen no sooner than an initial program activity, after the process has been started.

But if you want an input parameter which has a default value determinedat runtime before the process starts, I don’t think this is possibleusing the standard AppConsole. That would require customizing theAppConsole so that the input parameters used to start the process could be preprocessedto assign late bound defaults. Assuming that was done prior to the inputssheet, then the user would see the default value. But this isnon-trivial, and I’m not even certain that aspect of the AppConsole iscustomizable.

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Posted by shuai.h.hua@seagate.com (Hua, Shuai) On 2010/10/29 13:08

I don’t understand the question.

But note that workflow process instances (WfProcess) have a startTime (WfProcessBundle.getStartTime()), if you’re just looking for metadata. I think it’s serialized into the xpath representation as well, probably /process/properties/startTime.

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Posted by shuai.h.hua@seagate.com (Hua, Shuai) On 2010/10/29 12:24

We want to create a workflow that has a DateTime field as Input at the workflow

start window. When we create this DateTime field, it will automatically

populate the initial value which is the date we create this field. For example,

if this Datetime field is created at Oct 20, then whateven we start workflow,

it shows Oct 20. Is it possible that it shows the date base on the current

datetime? When means if we start the workflow on Oct 30, the value should show

Oct 30 instead of Oct 20.

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Shuai_Hua

We are not able to remove the initial value in the visio when you saving a DateTime attribute. It will say the value type missmatch. We do want user to enter the value when they start the workflow but since we are not able to remove the initial value, we have no way to do that so everytime user see the same value when they start the workflow.