how to start a process with a task step

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Hi,

Does anyone know how to start a process with a task step (not a receive step)?
I have a task start portlet were the user sets some fields and then submits the task. The data captured here will be used on a process and I would like to know how to set this task as the process start step?

Thanks
Bruno

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I couldn’t find a way to have a task initiate a process.

What I did was just had a publish event integration service that publishes an empty document to start the process. Then you can just have a web link to the invoke step like

 
http://<server>:5555/invoke/DtMigrationChecklist.v1.flow:publishRequestMigrationEvent

Then my first step of the process was the task for filling in all the data.

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I’ve added this info to http://webmethodssag.blogspot.com/

I hope the reference stuff there is helpful and I’m trying to add some of the common problems that don’t seem to be clear in the documentation.

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Hi Kevin,

As far as I know, and what I also remember from the SAG trainings, is that a process model must always start with a “Receive” step.

I believe this is the way SAG “designed” the processes.

The work-around I know is the one you used: a “dummy” publishable document.

Teo

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Instead of using a dummy you can have the following approach :

  • Create a portlet application with one portlet for the first form (a user fill the information).
  • That portlet calls an IS web service which publish a document containing the filled information.
  • That document published on the broker trigger a new process instance with relevant information

That way you can ensure that there won’t be unused process instance started by error or to quickly.

The first step isn’t a task but you can make it looks like it.

regards,
Mathieu

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If it was a user facing application, that is what we would have done. Instead this one is for internal use (our webMethods team) so we went the quicker “dirtier” route :smiley: