I am designing a vacation request . Suppose the user submits vacation Request with vacation start date and end date. It goes to Group A team. That team can schedule the task. But if they did not schedule, the request has to end if vacation end date is met. So i am looking for timer . Timer should run from vacation start date and end date. If suppose group A schedule the task ,it goes to group B. Group B can only cancel the request( No approval is required). if group B cancel the request,it goes to groupA work queue. Group A can complete the task to end. If group B didnt cancel the request the request has to end. Please validate my workflow.
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<startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start">
<extensionElements>
<activiti:formProperty id="vacationstartdate" name="Start Date" type="date"
variable="vacationstartdate" datePattern="dd-mm-yyyy" required="true">
<activiti:value id="vacationstartdate" name="Start Date"></activiti:value>
</activiti:formProperty>
<activiti:formProperty id="vacationenddate" name="vacation end date" type="date"
variable="vacationenddate" datePattern="dd-mm-yyyy" required="true">
<activiti:value id="vacationenddate" name="vacationenddate"></activiti:value>
</activiti:formProperty>
</extensionElements>
</startEvent>
<userTask id="usertask1" name="schedule task" activiti:candidateGroups="groupA">
<extensionElements>
<activiti:formProperty id="schdule" name="schduletask" type="enum" required="true">
<activiti:value id="schduletask" name="schduletask"></activiti:value>
</activiti:formProperty>
</extensionElements>
</userTask>
<exclusiveGateway id="exclusivegateway2" name="Exclusive Gateway"></exclusiveGateway>
<startEvent id="timerstartevent2" name="Timer start">
<timerEventDefinition></timerEventDefinition>
</startEvent>
<userTask id="usertask2" name="GroupB cancel" activiti:candidateGroups="groupB">
<extensionElements>
<activiti:formProperty id="cancelrequest" name="cancelrequest" type="enum"
variable="cancelrequest">
<activiti:value id="cancelrequest" name="cancelrequest"></activiti:value>
</activiti:formProperty>
</extensionElements>
</userTask>
<userTask id="usertask3" name="complete" activiti:candidateGroups="groupA">
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<activiti:formProperty id="complete" name="complete" type="enum" variable="complete">
<activiti:value id="complete" name="complete"></activiti:value>
</activiti:formProperty>
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<endEvent id="endevent1" name="End"></endEvent>
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<sequenceFlow id="flow10" sourceRef="usertask3" targetRef="endevent1"></sequenceFlow>
<exclusiveGateway id="exclusivegateway3" name="Exclusive Gateway"></exclusiveGateway>
<sequenceFlow id="flow11" name="Request" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="usertask1">
</sequenceFlow>
<sequenceFlow id="flow12" sourceRef="usertask1" targetRef="exclusivegateway3">
</sequenceFlow>
<sequenceFlow id="flow13" name="groupA schedule" sourceRef="exclusivegateway3"
targetRef="timerstartevent2"></sequenceFlow>
<startEvent id="timerstartevent3" name="vacation end date">
<timerEventDefinition></timerEventDefinition>
</startEvent>
<sequenceFlow id="flow14" name="groupA does not schedule" sourceRef="exclusivegateway3"
targetRef="timerstartevent3"></sequenceFlow>
<sequenceFlow id="flow15" name="vacation end date met" sourceRef="timerstartevent3"
targetRef="endevent1"></sequenceFlow>
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I check this model and it doesn't seem to be correct. There is list of issues I found:
flow13 and flow14 should have set constraints, for example:
<conditionExpression xsi:type="tFormalExpression"><![CDATA[${constraint}]]></conditionExpression> your constraint will probably contain check if schedule was made
you should set some time constraint into timerstartevent2 and timerstartevent3
exclusivegateway2 is not neccesary
usertask2 should have new TimerBoundryEvent - this will interupt usertask for groupB if they dont complete their task
I made a version which should be more or less ok ;)
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<process id="myProcess" name="My process" isExecutable="true">
<startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start">
<extensionElements>
<activiti:formProperty id="vacationstartdate" name="Start Date" type="date" variable="vacationstartdate" datePattern="dd-mm-yyyy" required="true">
<activiti:value id="vacationstartdate" name="Start Date"></activiti:value>
</activiti:formProperty>
<activiti:formProperty id="vacationenddate" name="vacation end date" type="date" variable="vacationenddate" datePattern="dd-mm-yyyy" required="true">
<activiti:value id="vacationenddate" name="vacationenddate"></activiti:value>
</activiti:formProperty>
</extensionElements>
</startEvent>
<userTask id="usertask1" name="schedule task" activiti:candidateGroups="groupA">
<extensionElements>
<activiti:formProperty id="schdule" name="schduletask" type="enum" required="true">
<activiti:value id="schduletask" name="schduletask"></activiti:value>
</activiti:formProperty>
</extensionElements>
</userTask>
<startEvent id="timerstartevent2" name="Timer start">
<timerEventDefinition>
<timeDate>scheduleTime</timeDate>
</timerEventDefinition>
</startEvent>
<userTask id="usertask2" name="GroupB cancel" activiti:candidateGroups="groupB">
<extensionElements>
<activiti:formProperty id="cancelrequest" name="cancelrequest" type="enum" variable="cancelrequest">
<activiti:value id="cancelrequest" name="cancelrequest"></activiti:value>
</activiti:formProperty>
</extensionElements>
</userTask>
<userTask id="usertask3" name="complete" activiti:candidateGroups="groupA">
<extensionElements>
<activiti:formProperty id="complete" name="complete" type="enum" variable="complete">
<activiti:value id="complete" name="complete"></activiti:value>
</activiti:formProperty>
</extensionElements>
</userTask>
<endEvent id="endevent1" name="End"></endEvent>
<sequenceFlow id="flow5" sourceRef="timerstartevent2" targetRef="usertask2"></sequenceFlow>
<sequenceFlow id="flow7" sourceRef="usertask2" targetRef="usertask3"></sequenceFlow>
<sequenceFlow id="flow10" sourceRef="usertask3" targetRef="endevent1"></sequenceFlow>
<exclusiveGateway id="exclusivegateway3" name="Exclusive Gateway"></exclusiveGateway>
<sequenceFlow id="flow11" name="Request" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="usertask1"></sequenceFlow>
<sequenceFlow id="flow12" sourceRef="usertask1" targetRef="exclusivegateway3"></sequenceFlow>
<sequenceFlow id="flow13" name="groupA schedule" sourceRef="exclusivegateway3" targetRef="timerstartevent2">
<conditionExpression xsi:type="tFormalExpression"><![CDATA[${!constraint}]]></conditionExpression>
</sequenceFlow>
<startEvent id="timerstartevent3" name="vacation end date">
<timerEventDefinition>
<timeDate>vacationEndTime</timeDate>
</timerEventDefinition>
</startEvent>
<sequenceFlow id="flow14" name="groupA does not schedule" sourceRef="exclusivegateway3" targetRef="timerstartevent3">
<conditionExpression xsi:type="tFormalExpression"><![CDATA[${constraint}]]></conditionExpression>
</sequenceFlow>
<sequenceFlow id="flow15" name="vacation end date met" sourceRef="timerstartevent3" targetRef="endevent1"></sequenceFlow>
<boundaryEvent id="boundarytimer1" name="Timer" attachedToRef="usertask2" cancelActivity="true">
<timerEventDefinition></timerEventDefinition>
</boundaryEvent>
<sequenceFlow id="flow16" sourceRef="boundarytimer1" targetRef="endevent1"></sequenceFlow>
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