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Conductor Script Commands
278 iPlanet Integration Server • Process System Guide • August 2001
The user_name1 and other_info1 arguments must be supplied if required by the
consultation assignment rule. For example, if a consultation rule named
“ManagerOf” looks for the manager of the user who is handing off to a consultant,
then this user’s user name and other info (in this case the manager’s name) would
be passed to the ManagerOf assignment rule. This behavior is similar in function to
the linked activity mechanism described in the iIS Process Development Guide.
Once the consulted user has completed work on the activity, the activity is offered
back according to the assignment rule specified by return_rule. The user_name2
and other_info2 arguments must be supplied if required by the return_rule. For
example, if a return_rule assignment rule named “SameAs” looks for the original
user who passed off the activity to a consultant, then that original user’s name
would be passed to the return_rule assignment rule.
Once the user to whom the activity is returned has completed (or aborted) the
activity, process execution continues as specified in the process definition.
CreateActivity
The
CreateActivity
command creates the specified activity, placing it in
PENDING state.
CreateActivity process_id activity_name
The
CreateActivity
command is only available when an engine is current. Use
the
FindEngine
Script command to set the current engine.
When the
CreateActivity
command creates an activity, it is placed in PENDING
state. Its Trigger method is evaluated each time the router method of a preceding
activity is evaluated as TRUE or when a process attribute changes value. When the
trigger conditions are fulfilled, the activity can transition into READY state. To
override the trigger conditions, you can use the
ReadyActivity
Script command
after creating the activity.
Argument Description
process_id
The process instance in which the activity is to be created.
activity_name
The name of the activity.