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task activation

Ottawa_IWOV

Hi All-

Having a problem figuring out activators for a group of tasks. Here's the scoop:

Task One
<successors>
<successorset>
<succ v="Legal"/>
<succ v="QA" />
<succ v="CEO" />
</successorset>
<successorset>
<succ v="Legal"/>
<succ v="QA" />
</successorset>
<successorset>
<succ v="QA" />
<succ v="CEO" />
</successorset>
<successorset>
<succ v="Legal"/>
<succ v="CEO" />
</successorset>
<successorset>
<succ v="Legal"/>
</successorset>
<successorset>
<succ v="CEO"/>
</successorset>
<successorset>
<succ v="QA"/>
</successorset>
</successors>

SO. any combination of the three successors can be activated. I then have a task Author_Work, that can only be activated when these tasks are completed.

For example, if the successorset with all 3 options is activated, Author_Work cannot be activated until they have all been finished. But, I could have just "legal" activated, and only it would need to finish.

I assume this a complex scenario? Or is it dead simple?

Thanks.

Lucas Cochrane
lucas.cochrane@baucanada.com

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Dwayne

You could handle this with a set of dummytasks, one per possible option. Those dummy tasks would have a simple 1 minute timeout, and transition to your Author_Work task. The addition of those dummy tasks gives you the "state" information you need to know which transition was chosen by the user.. So a fragment of your WFT might look something like this:

Task 1

<successors>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="Legal"/>
        <succ v="QA" />
        <succ v="CEO" />
        <succ v="dummy1" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="Legal"/>
        <succ v="QA" />
        <succ v="dummy2" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="QA" />
        <succ v="CEO" />
        <succ v="dummy3" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="Legal"/>
        <succ v="CEO" />
        <succ v="dummy4" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="Legal"/>
        <succ v="dummy5" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="CEO"/>
        <succ v="dummy6" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="QA"/>
        <succ v="dummy7" />
    </successorset>
</successors>

Then, in Author_Work's activation:


<or>
    <and>
        <pred v="Legal" />
        <pred v="CEO" />
        <pred v="QA" />
        <pred v="dummy1" />
    </and>
    <and>
        <pred v="Legal" />
        <pred v="QA" />
        <pred v="dummy2" />
    </and>
    <and>
        <pred v="CEO" />
        <pred v="QA" />
        <pred v="dummy3" />
    </and>
    <and>
        <pred v="Legal" />
        <pred v="CEO" />
        <pred v="dummy4" />
    </and>
    <and>
        <pred v="Legal" />
        <pred v="dummy5" />
    </and>
    <and>
        <pred v="CEO" />
        <pred v="dummy6" />
    </and>
    <and>
        <pred v="QA" />
        <pred v="dummy7" />
    </and>
</or>

Current project: TS 5.5.2/6.1 W2K

Dwayne

(I know - pretty bad posting a reply to my own message)

I just thought of another method. It still involves dummy tasks, but only three of them instead of seven. One dummy task associated with each "real" task. All transitions from Task 1 would go to three tasks. It's just that, for the ones that shoudln't be done, it goes to the "dummy equivalent" instead of the real task.

Task 1

<successors>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="Legal"/>
        <succ v="QA" />
        <succ v="CEO" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="Legal"/>
        <succ v="QA" />
        <succ v="dummy_ceo" /> <!--- you might want tor rename this one  -->
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="QA" />
        <succ v="CEO" />
        <succ v="dummy_legal" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="Legal"/>
        <succ v="CEO" />
        <succ v="dummy_qa" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="Legal"/>
        <succ v="dummy_qa" />
        <succ v="dummy_ceo" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="CEO"/>
        <succ v="dummy_qa" />
        <succ v="dummy_legal" />
    </successorset>
    <successorset>
        <succ v="QA"/>
        <succ v="dummy_ceo" />
        <succ v="dummy_legal" />
    </successorset>
</successors>

Then in Author_Work


<and>
    <or>
        <pred v="CEO" />
        <pred v="dummy_ceo" />
    </or>
    <or>
        <pred v="QA" />
        <pred v="dummy_qa" />
    </or>
    <or>
        <pred v="Legal" />
        <pred v="dummy_legal" />
    </or>
</and>

Current project: TS 5.5.2/6.1 W2K