Automating WorkFlow initiation

[Akshay Patil]

Hi,

How can I initiate workflows automatically right after generating new workorders?
Any documentation or code templates will help?

Thanks,
Akshay

[Ethen]

Set the workflow as auto initiate from select action.

[Akshay Patil]

Sorry for being so brief...

The problem Im facing is that I've written the custom code that generates the workorders successfully according to the given meter readings but I cannot find any documentation on how to put that generated workorder into workflow through code and not through Maximo application.

BTW ,
Im using Maximo 5.2

Thanks for the reply!!

[Ethen]

Oh.. Dont know about Maximo 5.2 but in Maximo 7 it can be initiated through coding.

[Ethen]

a code sample..  you might want to explore classed in 5.2

import psdi.workflow.WorkFlowServiceRemote;
 public class woext extends wo{

public int SAVE()
{
MXServer mxs;
try
{
mxs = MXServer.getMXServer();
WorkFlowServiceRemote wsrmt = (WorkFlowServiceRemote)mxs.lookup("WORKFLOW");
 
WOActivityRemote mbo = (WOActivityRemote)getMbo();
wsrmt.initiateWorkflow("yourworkflow", mbo);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
return 1;
}
}

[Akshay Patil]

Thanks for the code but it is not working along with its tried mofications . It cant seem to find WOActivityRemote  class.
I too tried searching it manually but cant find it .
Moreover the program cant seem to find the overload for initiateworkflow that takes am MBO as an argument

wsrmt.initiateWorkflow("yourworkflow", mbo);

I am new to maximo ,maybe Im missing something.

Any documentations on initiating workflows in maximo 5.2?

Thanks for the help!!!!
 

[Ethen]

well the code sample was for maximo 7.
you might want to explore some workflow classes in 5.2

[maurogrz]

Hi,
I have an old v5.2 crontask class that start workflow of a new created workrder.
the statement is simple:

newWorkorder.initiateWorkflow("automatic WO from backend");

where newWorkorder is my newly create WO and "automatic WO from backend" is the memo I wanto to set for this wokflow step.

regards,
Mauro

[Ethen]

Hi,
I have an old v5.2 crontask class that start workflow of a new created workrder.
the statement is simple:

newWorkorder.initiateWorkflow("automatic WO from backend");

where newWorkorder is my newly create WO and "automatic WO from backend" is the memo I wanto to set for this wokflow step.

regards,
Mauro

hope it solves the problem. But I have one ques. If workorder has more then 1 workorders in active status, how will program know which one to start. I dont see any arguements with regards to the workflow instances .

[maurogrz]

in v5.2 there was only one active workflow for specific object (WORKFLOW, SR, and so on)


in v7 I use another statement:

((WorkFlowServiceRemote)MXServer.getMXServer().lookup("WORKFLOW")).initiateWorkflow("MYWORKFLOWPROCESS", newWorkorder);

...where MYWORKFLOWPROCESS is the name of the workflow I want to start.

[Akshay Patil]

Hi,

The statement

newWorkorder.initiateWorkflow("automatic WO from backend");

Initiates workflow of the newly created workorders only and this method is only available if the class is inherited from WFMbo.
Currently Im generating orkorders using MEASUREPOINT Mbo which has a different inheritance heirarchy.

measurepointremote.generateWorkOrder(measureDate,"Generated by CM Cron Task",true);

Typecasting is creating problems and also I tried to introduce WFMbo in the inheritance heirarchy but in vain.
 

[Ethen]

why dont you extend both d classes and create a custom method which initiates the workflow.
and call it from the other class.

[maurogrz]

....or a piece of code that search for the newly created WO and start workflow

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