WFT file

Hi All,

I am trying to work something out and haven't had any success yet. I want to have two workflow jobs in one WFT. Based on some kind of conditional one or the other would actually get instantiated. Does any one have an example of this?

For example...

if ($var =1) {

<workflow name...>

<usertask.../>
<endtask.../>
</workflow>

} else {

<workflow name...>

<cgitask.../>
<usetask..../>
<endtask.../>
</workflow>

If anyone has an example of doing this it would be greaty appreciated if you could share some ideas.

Regards.

Lucas Cochrane
lcochrane@deloitte.ca

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Migrateduser

I don't think you can do this. A WFT is, by definition, a workflow template. It is evaluated to produce a workflow.

However, you could have a workflow that starts with an external task that creates a second job. Of course, I have no idea why you are trying to create two jobs, so I can't offer other alternative to your underlying problem.

Brinko Kobrin
Interwoven Staff Engineer

Ottawa_IWOV

I am not trying to invoke two jobs. I am trying to make the decision in the WFT, invoke one or the other, not both.

Lucas Cochrane
lcochrane@deloitte.ca

Migrateduser

Sorry... I misunderstood the question. I don't have an example of this specifically, but you may want to look at the configurable workflows in 5.5.2 SP3 and later. They build up the job spec XML, and then emit the completed job spec. You could build up two job specs and then emit only the desired one.

Brinko Kobrin
Interwoven Staff Engineer

Ottawa_IWOV

Hi Brinko,

Thanks for the insight, but might you be able to provide with me a little more detail? Maybe a sample? Does the
</workflow> tag have to be the last line in the wft file?

Thanks again.

Lucas Cochrane
lcochrane@deloitte.ca

basic_example_connectors.zip

Adam Stoller

You can have <template_script> sections outside the <workflow>...</workflow> elements. In this respect, wfts do NOT have to be valid XML - the resulting generated job description file DOES have to be valid XML though.

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com

Demo.dcpackage

Johnny

as brinko said, look at the sample configurable worklows.
I believe they are under the iwhome/local/config/wft/solutions.... somewhere there

John Cuiuli

Ottawa_IWOV

Hello again,

Alright, I have been able to do what I want in terms ob building a job specification based on a variable in the WFT.

I have the whole workflow pushed into a scalar. How do I implement that in a WFT so that it is able to invoke the XML.
I tried __INSERT($workflow), but that doesn't seem to work.
Any ideas?

Thanks.

Lucas Cochrane
lcochrane@deloitte.ca

james1

How about "__INSERT__($workflow)" ???
-- James

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James H Koh
Interwoven Engineering

Ottawa_IWOV

Invalid workflow:
no element found at line 2
ERROR:00001: Failure in operation

This is so frustrating!! I compare my xml to the xml generated from get_job_spec() and IT IS THE SAME. For some reason it barfs on mine...

Somedays....

Lucas Cochrane
lcochrane@deloitte.ca

Ottawa_IWOV

The XML also works file when invoked from the command line

iwjobc -i path to XML job spec

Lucas Cochrane
lcochrane@deloitte.ca

Migrateduser

Perhaps if you posted your WFT (or, ideally, a simplified version that exhibits the same problem) someone could spot the problem.

Brinko Kobrin
Interwoven Staff Engineer

Ottawa_IWOV

Here it is...

Lucas Cochrane
lcochrane@deloitte.ca

xml_test.JPG

block.JPG

subs_script.JPG

Migrateduser

This is the job spec (which looks okay, not the WFT. It sounds like the problem is probably within the WFT.

Brinko Kobrin
Interwoven Staff Engineer

Ottawa_IWOV

Here it is

Lucas Cochrane
lcochrane@deloitte.ca

jbonifaci

Forgot the attachment, =].