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| ben harris |
 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject: updating data container |
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I can't seem to successfully update my data container for an inflight process.
I thought I had a solution with:
-Get inputContainer of current activity.
-Modify the inputContainer.
-do an activity.forcerestart( new-container ).
But this didn't quite do what I wanted. The container was updated, but all workitems stayed where there were assigned.
So I added:
-fetch workitem
-transfer workitem to new user
But this fails when the new user try's to access the workitem. The error is Error Message : FMC00120E State does not allow this action
Nested Exception : None
at com.ibm.workflow.api.loc.WorkItemImpl.checkOut2(WorkItemImpl.java:265)
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Does anyone know how to modify a data container (perferably at the activity instance level) and then restart activities so that the new changes take effect? -- in my case the new changes would result in the workitems being reassigned.
Any help is appreciated.
Iam stuck!
thanks.
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| Ratan |
| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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I dont think what you are trying to do is possible. When you restart an activity the staff resolution doesnot take place. The workitem is just assigned to who ever restarted it, and all other are set to disabled.
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| ben harris |
| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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That's pretty much what I saw when I did the forcerestart().
I thought a 'transfer()' would do the trick but I get the error I mentioned earlier.
I wonder if the only option available is to terminate the process-instance and restart the entire process-instance over?
But do think I would run into any similar problems with a process-instance restart()? Such as those new assignments won't be accessable because the person who restarted the process-instance is the only valid user and all others are disabled.
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| Ratan |
| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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But you cant update your process Instance input container, so I dont think Process Instance restart will be usefull to you unless the staff are being determined by some Activity and passed on to the intended activity.
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| Ratan |
| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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you can transfer the workitem directly to the new user. The user who transfers should have the workitem authorixation for both the old user and the new user.
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| jmac |
| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 5:20 am Post subject: |
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| Ben wrote: |
| Does anyone know how to modify a data container (perferably at the activity instance level) and then restart activities so that the new changes take effect? -- in my case the new changes would result in the workitems being reassigned |
If I understand correctly what you want to do is have this activity inside a block, then you would use ForceFinishWithContainer and set the value in such a way that the Block would fail its exit condition.
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| Andy |
| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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And use Data Loop Connector on the block...
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