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RobbSalzmann
Valued Contributor II
2 years ago

How to Update UI Workflow Status When Run Via Extensibility Rule

We have several workflows that involve many steps.  The requirement is to have a button in a dashboard that runs the entire sequence or sequences.  This is coded and works. The problem is when run...
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MikeG
Contributor III
2 years ago

I was able to get this to work.  There are API calls to complete each step along the way, Import > Validate > Load (or Process) or also Confirm steps.  See if you can grab snippets of the code below to support your specific rule and solution:

 

selectionChangedTaskResult.WorkflowWasChangedByBusinessRule = True
selectionChangedTaskResult.IsOK = True
selectionChangedTaskResult.ShowMessageBox = True
'---other code
'----set status
If Not wfStatus.GetOverallStatus().Equals(WorkflowStatusTypes.Completed) Then

'Complete workspace
BRApi.Workflow.Status.SetWorkflowStatus(si, currentWF, StepClassificationTypes.Workspace, WorkflowStatusTypes.Completed, "Workspace Completed", "", "User clicked complete workflow", Guid.Empty)
'Complete import
Dim objLoadTransformProcessInfo As LoadTransformProcessInfo = BRApi.Import.Process.ExecuteParseAndTransform(si, currentWF, "", Nothing, TransformLoadMethodTypes.Replace, SourceDataOriginTypes.FromDirectConnection, False)
'Complete validate
Dim objValidationTransformationProcessInfo As ValidationTransformationProcessInfo = BRApi.Import.Process.ValidateTransformation(si, currentWF, True)
Dim objValidateIntersectionProcessInfo As ValidateIntersectionProcessInfo = BRApi.Import.Process.ValidateIntersections(si, currentWF, True)
'Complete Load
Dim objLoadCubeProcessInfo As LoadCubeProcessInfo = BRApi.Import.Process.LoadCube(si, currentWF)

End If 'Not Completed
Return selectionChangedTaskResult
  • RobbSalzmann's avatar
    RobbSalzmann
    Valued Contributor II
    2 years ago

    Thanks MikeG .  Can you show the instantiation and initialization of wfStatus and currentWF please?

    I'm a bit confused by the BRApi call to set the status of the workflow to completed before running the steps below it?

    Is the line 
    "BRApi.Workflow.Status.SetWorkflowStatus(si, currentWF, StepClassificationTypes.Workspace, WorkflowStatusTypes.Completed, "Workspace Completed", "", "User clicked complete workflow", Guid.Empty)"
    the part that compels your workspace UI to update with the completed workflow?

    • MikeG's avatar
      MikeG
      Contributor III
      2 years ago

      I created a Workspace that essentially is a summary of all the Workflow tasks I want to automate.  In your instance, you would not need to complete the 'Workspace' complete step, you could delete that or comment it out, and in your solution the first step in your Workflow to complete would be the 'Import' task/step.

      • RobbSalzmann's avatar
        RobbSalzmann
        Valued Contributor II
        2 years ago

        MikeG what I'm looking for is how to compel the UI to show that the steps are complete, without having to click the refresh button.  Can you isolate your suggestion to just the line that does this please?