Want to Change Owner of a task in workflow

Hi All.

For last 2 days i have been searching in the dev net as well as support site but was able to get the following code :
use TeamSite::XMLnode;
use TeamSite::Config;
use TeamSite::WFtask;
use TeamSite::WFworkflow;
use XML: Smiley Tongue

arser;

my ($jobid, $taskid, $area ) = (shift, shift, shift);
my $task = new TeamSite::WFtask($taskid);
my $taskname=$task->GetName();
my ($user, $wfname, $jobids, $tname) = (@ARGV[1,4,5,6]);
$task->SetOwner($user);
$task->Refresh();
$task->CallBack(0, "Unlocked files.");

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I have also executed the command to register the same to iwat using the below command :

iwat TaskGroupTaken C:/Interwoven/TeamSite/iw-perl/bin/iwperl C:/Interwoven/TeamSite/local/bin/iwat_grouptask.ipl

But when i am trying to run the workflow i am not sure of its really working or even accessing the ipl file.

I tried checking the iwtrace and iwevent logs to see if some thing is happening .how can i check if its calling the ipl or not. i have tried making a log file too but no luck its just not get created

requirement:

when an initiater runs a workflow he is able to manipulate the workflow at any stage, we dont want this to happen.....

1)we want to change the owner to some one else other than the initiater who has started the workflow.

2) Is using the iwat is the only way to solve this issue ? can you please check if the code is ok or am i doing something wrong?

3)has any one faced this issue and solved it ?

we are using 7.1 windows version with windows 2003

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ISCBorisB

Your code sample (... $task->SetOwner($user); ... and all that) makes no sense. When this script is running the task
is already active with some Owner, it is too late to change that. This sort of coding makes sense only if active
Task A changes an Owner of yet inactive Task B, not self.

Your issue with "iwat" is that ipl is ignored. iwat takes two parameters, you supplied three. You'd have to quote, like this:
iwat TaskGroupTaken "iwperl YourScript"

On a side note - I think that even if you make all that work, Job Creator will be able to manipulate WF still. In that respect
Task Owner is irrelevant, whether you change it on the fly or set during design/modeling

nipper

After working with TS for 12 years I have never noticed this to be an issue.

What happens if you make the owner in the WFT tsadmin (or root or administrator or ISCBorisB)?

The creator may still be able to cancel it but I do no think they can transition tasks.

ISCBorisB

After working with TS for 12 years I have never noticed this to be an issue.

What happens if you make the owner in the WFT tsadmin (or root or administrator or ISCBorisB)?

The creator may still be able to cancel it but I do no think they can transition tasks.

That is true. Unfortunately, it is not so easy in WFM - and I know Aghosh is using WFM since he discussed the issue before...

Adam Stoller

Hi All.

For last 2 days i have been searching in the dev net as well as support site but was able to get the following code :
use TeamSite::XMLnode;
use TeamSite::Config;
use TeamSite::WFtask;
use TeamSite::WFworkflow;
use XML:arser;

my ($jobid, $taskid, $area ) = (shift, shift, shift);
my $task = new TeamSite::WFtask($taskid);
my $taskname=$task->GetName();
my ($user, $wfname, $jobids, $tname) = (@ARGV[1,4,5,6]);
$task->SetOwner($user);
$task->Refresh();
$task->CallBack(0, "Unlocked files.");

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The above script - if it is one script - is highly questionable:

changed the ownership of the task - besides sending a callback to the workflow - which should have been easily done without changing ownership.

ISCBorisB

...it is possible to change the owner of the currently executing task (I did this in 5.5.2 days)

Perhaps - but what might be the point? Changing "Owner" attribute of the active
External Task Object will not change effective UID of already running Task process.

Adam Stoller

Perhaps - but what might be the point? Changing "Owner" attribute of the active
External Task Object will not change effective UID of already running Task process.

To be honest, I don't recall all the details of 'why' anymore - nor how effective it was in all cases where we used that operation - but it seemed to work.

Aghosh

Hi All,

Thanks for your post , i totally agree with you all , i am trying to change the ownership of the task where i need to change the ownership of the work flow its self ...

Can you suggest what i can use to achive that and why its happning here, have i missed some thing in the wft file. i dont why its happning in 7.1 windows , is it really possible to solve this issues or is it some internet issue of teamsite

I have all so tried using iw_admin,tsadmin as owner and creater some results

If possible can some one post me code where this ownership issues is not happening at least i can compare my wft with that ....

Abhishek

Adam Stoller

Thanks for your post , i totally agree with you all , i am trying to change the ownership of the task where i need to change the ownership of the work flow its self ...

The code you posted - with all the other issues, is trying to set the owner of the task. If you want to set the owner of the workflow you need to create a TeamSite::WFworkflow object from $jobid and then use that object to call the SetOwner method.

If that doesn't work for you - please post updated code and detailed description of what you are trying to do, why you are trying to do it, and how the script is being executed (if from a task-executed script - who owns the task, etc.)

Aghosh

Hi ,
I am trying to put the following code , is the code right ...

Please advice!!!!
#!C:\Interwoven\TeamSite/iw-perl/bin/iwperl
use TeamSite::WFsystem;
use TeamSite::WFworkflow;
my ($jobid, $taskid, $area ) = (shift, shift, shift);
my $task = new TeamSite::WFtask($taskid);
$user="afzalm";
$system = new TeamSite::WFsystem();
$workflow = new TeamSite::WFworkflow($jobid);
$workflow->SetOwner($user);
$system->Refresh();
$task->CallBack(0, "Unlocked files.");

am i putting the right code......

Aghosh

Hi Thanks all for ur valuable feed back , now its working good !!

Aghosh

Hi All for your valuable feed backs and advice .... really helped me to solve this issues

Thank you all so much !!!!