swimlane expression for group(groupname) does not seem to be

[anilkumarknr]

Hi,

I am working with jbpm starters kit. I have created a workflow with few task nodes in it. I created swimlanes with expression as group(groupname) and associated it with a task in a task node.

I inserted a record in JBPM_ID_GROUP table with the groupname which i am using in my swimlane. Also, i do have few users who belong to this group (through JBPM_ID_MEMBERSHIP table).

Now, when i start the process and when control comes to that task, i am getting a message saying "A new task has been assigned to 'null'". And i could not see that task in any of the users who belong to that group. The task is not appearing in any of the users login. JBPM does not support such kind of functionality? Does group expression in swimlanes does not work at all? Or am i missing anything here? Can anyone let me know, whether jBPM does support such kind of functionality or even is there any information on how to extend group features from jBPM?

However, instead of using group(groupname) expression, if i use user(xyz), it does work properly. I am able to see the task in the tasklist if i log in as user xyz. Problem seems to be only with group expressions.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks & Regards,
-Anil

[kukeltje]

known issue, is in the Jira, forum etc...

[anilkumarknr]

Known issue means, jbpm do not have any support for assigning a task to a group itself? Is it possible to extend it by any chance? Any pointers?

Thanks,
-Anil

[paulyflynn]

I am also blocked because of this. Please provide more info.

What is Jira?

[falazar]

Basically it just doesnt work, and probably wont be fixed, because they are working on a new version for the 3.2 CVS head.

It IS fixed in the newer version, and groups show up fine, though it appears that pooled users dont. We are looking at that now.

So if you can get the CVS head working, that will solve it.. Though it is not easy to compile and work with the new head. They are working on a starters-kit for the head, but it is not out yet.

The Jira is the bug reporting system, to be seen at http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPM?report=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project:roadmap-panel
And you should check there as well as searching the forum for all problems found.

And all this should be added to the Wiki somewhere to make it much easier to find as well.

James

[paulyflynn]

I am trying to get 3.2 CVS head, but I can only get 3.1-beta2. I am using anonymous CVS from here: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=70542
and selecting jbpm.3 module.

FYI, the anonymous CVS info is wrong here: http://labs.jboss.com/portal/jbossjbpm/download/index.html
Host should be jbpm.cvs.sourceforge.net

thanks
Paul

[falazar]

Yeah I was confused greatly on the CVS at first, having not really used it much.

The information should all be here:
http://www.jboss.com/products/jbpm/downloads
and
http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JbpmContributions

And you need to get the module jbpm.3

James