Exporting data from a role to the workflow container - 4.6C

[Michael Pokraka]

Hi Hans,
I'm actually talking about two steps:
Step 1 calls your new method, resolves role and passes back agents into your WF container.
Step 2 is your 'real' task and does whatever. You can use your agent list from the previous step as you please...
 
Clear as mud?
Cheers
Mike
 
 
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 04:29:25PM +0200, Hans Brilleman wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> my apologies if I am sounding daft, but I dont understand how I can
> bring another method in place, as the agent determination and the
> deadline monitoring happens in the same workflow task (step) - as far as
> I am aware it is not possible to incorporate another method, as a method
> is already linked to the task to control the task execution.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hans
>
> >>> workflow at quirky.me.uk 07/23/03 04:14pm >>>
> Hi Hans,
> That is precisely what I was indicating: A method to use this FM, which
> evaluates the role as a seperate step (apologies if I didn't make this
> part too clear). This will get returned into a WF container and can be
> used in subsequent steps.
> Cheers
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 04:03:48PM +0200, Hans Brilleman wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > my problem is not getting hold of the agents - this I've got, but I
> > need to get these names into the workflow container, because the
> same
> > step where the role resolution happens, the deadline monitoring is
> > active, and I need to display the names of the users that should
> have
> > acted upon the workitem, to the deadline agent when the deadline
> expires
> > so that the deadline agent can contact these 'culprits' to do their
> > work..
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Hans
> >
> > >>> workflow at quirky.me.uk 07/23/03 02:36pm >>>
> > Hi Hans,
> > You'll have to write a custom method using FM RH_GET_ACTORS to
> resolve
> > a role and return the agents into a WF container.
> > HTH
> > Cheers
> > Mike
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 02:24:55PM +0200, Hans Brilleman wrote:
> > > Good day all,
> > >
> > > For agent determination I use a custom role that is linked to a
> > > function module. I need to write the agents determined in this
> > functiion
> > > module to be written to the workflow container so that I can
> display
> > the
> > > names to the agent that receives the deadline messages. Binding
> > between
> > > the role and the worklow is only allowed one way - from the
> workflow
> > to
> > > the role.
> > >
> > > Does anybody know how I can pass data the other way (from the role
> > to
> > > the workflow container) without this binding mechanism being in
> > place.
> > >
> > > Any help will be highly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Hans.