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Automatic Transition [message #1729]

Thu, 16 October 2008 08:18

rashad
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Registered: October 2008

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I am playing around with the workflow engine and I am trying to create a simple workflow like this:

"Request Vacation" -> Start->"Manager Approve"->End
So the are:

Places
Start
Manager Approval
End

Transitions:
Approve
Dummy

Arcs:
Start->Approve
Approve->Manager Approval
Manager Approval->Dummy
Dummy->End

So what should I do inside the dummy transition to finish the workflow?

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Re: Automatic Transition [message #1730 is a reply to message #1729]

Thu, 16 October 2008 12:03

AJM
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Registered: April 2006
Location: Surrey, UK

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If you are trying to construct a workflow to implement

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Start->"Manager Approve"->End

then this has two places and one transition, so why are you inserting a second transition called "dummy"?

If you look at file radicore/workflow/docs/workflow-examples.html you will see some examples which have been set up in the workflow database.

Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org

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Re: Automatic Transition [message #1731 is a reply to message #1730]

Thu, 16 October 2008 20:16

rashad
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Registered: October 2008

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The reason I am doing this is because the workflow won't get validate if there's no intermediate places, that's why I thought of an automatic transition to go around this problem

Thanks for your reponse

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Re: Automatic Transition [message #1732 is a reply to message #1731]

Fri, 17 October 2008 05:32

AJM
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Registered: April 2006
Location: Surrey, UK

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Do you really want a workflow which has only one transition? Is this a realistic scenario? Can a workflow with a single transition really be classed as a workflow?

If you must do it, you should remember that each transition in a workflow equates to a transaction (task) on the MENU database, so if you want a dummy transition you must relate it to a dummy task, one that uses a transaction pattern which updates the database (otherwise the workflow details cannot be updated) but which does not actually update the database. You could, for example, use a task which sends the employee an email to say "request granted".

Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org

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