Trigger processflow from Lawson Bookmark

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Shane Jones
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Anyone know if it is possible to trigger a flow from a Portal Bookmark?

(No variables - just need to start the flow)

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David Williams
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A Portal Bookmark is basically a URL call so you should be able to trigger your flow from a call to the WFWK form. More than likely though it will open the WFWK form.
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You are better off creating an html that does an ags call to wfwk, that way you can parse and control the results and how they are displayed. The bookmark would then just be to the html page.
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I am on 9.0.0 and for some reason I thought WFWK was removed. I take it I can still use this form?

Would this be my AGS:
http://servername/ags.exe...9&_OUT=TEXT&EOT=TRUE
(seems like I have the required fields)
 

Needs to be Servlet:

http://lawsontest.tra.loc...yee&VARIABLE-VALUE1="+Employee.EmployeeNbr+"&VARIABLE-NAME2=TEStartDate&VARIABLE-VALUE2="+TimeCard.StartDate+"&VARIABLE-NAME3=TEEndDate&VARIABLE-VALUE3="+TimeCard.EndDate+"&PRODUCTLINE=logan&_DELIM=%09&_OUT=TEXT&EOT=TRUE

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David Williams
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WFWK was moved from the LOGAN product line to your application product line but it's still there.
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Another option is to build a 'user friendly' Design Studio screen on top of WFWK allowing the user to submit the service. The nice part is that it handles all the results from the WFWK call and can show you the workunit number that it created.
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Anyone have a simple WFWK form built in design studio they want to share?

Also, does anyone know if WFWK will work with "ProcessAsync - Process" instead of "ProcessAsync - Service"

I was able to trigger a SERVICE from WFWK by the flows listed unter the Process do not appear to work from WFWK.

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Shane Jones
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Here is a simple URL that can be used as a BOOKMARK:

http:// *server* /bpm/trigger.do?method=Start&triggerType=ProcessAsync&user=lawson&triggerName=yourprocessflowjobname&product=&categoryValue=&dataArea=&workTitle=anytitleyouwant&varName%5B0%5D=employee&varValue%5B0%5D=<>

Using the <> in the bookmark sends the users employee number into the flow. This is not perfect but it works in a pinch.
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George Graham
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Anyone figure out how to pass variables through custom WFWK.1/Design Studio? I can add the mutli line field but I want to control the variable names, not have the user input. Could also just populate them in a script from a plain textbox but have not been able to get that work either.
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George,

Contact me directly and I will explain how my process works. I have a simple html page that includes form items with a trigger button that uses the variables on the page in the flow trigger. This allows me to define the variables on the page. Might give you some ideas...

Shane: sjones@johnsonbank.com
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George Graham
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Shane - thanks for the offer. I actually had my script correct, but I had some issue with my session (was working remotely) and it wasn't working properly.

Once I connected locally the next day the variables were populated - and everything is working just fine.