Dynamically add tasks using WFM

bagman

I want to set approvers based upon file path or type. There will be a minimum of 1 approver, but could be as many as "n". All of them would have to approve before the job could move forward.

I have a Perl script that parses the file list to determine where to route the approvals. I just need to find the right approach.

Adding and removing tasks was pretty straightforward using WFT, but not sure about in WFM.

Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm using TeamSite/WFM 7.1.

Thanks,
Mark

ISCBorisB

I want to set approvers based upon file path or type. There will be a minimum of 1 approver, but could be as many as "n". All of them would have to approve before the job could move forward. I have a Perl script that parses the file list to determine where to route the approvals. I just need to find the right approach. Adding and removing tasks was pretty straightforward using WFT, but not sure about in WFM. Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm using TeamSite/WFM 7.1. Thanks, Mark

WFM API that Modeler uses is to the best of my knowledge private. We can perhaps reverse engineer it a little and build/publish
Models on the fly, it is after all just XML. Still, truly dynamic WF building is IMO easier to do in WFT.

That said, if you change your approach a little you can perhaps do it in WFM as well. For example, create required
tasks for all reviewers and transition to the reviews through conditional links. This animal is resolved during
instantiation, so all you have to provide is a Script/Datasource that will parse your List and return appropriate
true/false condition for each link.