Chapter 27. Designing the case definition

Procedure

1. In Business Central, go to Menu Design Projects IT_Orders_New.
2. From the project menu, click Add Asset Business Process.

3. In the Create new Business Process wizard, enter the following values:

   • Business Process: place-order
   • Package: Select com.myspace.it_orders_new
4. Click Ok. The diagram editor opens.
5. Click an empty space in the canvas, and in the upper-right corner, click the Properties icon.

6. Scroll down, expand Process Data, click in the Process Variables section, and enter the following values under Process Variables:

   Table 27.1. Process variables

   Name	Data Type
   CaseID	String
   Requestor	String
   _hwSpec	org.jbm.doc
   ordered_	Boolean
   info_	String
   caseFile_hwSpec	org.jbm.doc
   caseFile-ordered	Boolean
   caseFile-orderinf	String

   Figure 27.4. Completed process variables

   
7. Click Save.

8. Drag a start event onto the canvas and create an outgoing connection from the start event to a task and convert the new task to a user task.

   
   
9. Click the user task and in the Properties panel, input Place order in the Name field.
10. Expand Implementation/Execution, click Add below the Groups menu, click Select New, and input supplier.

11. click in the Assignments field and add the following data inputs and outputs in the Place order Data I/O dialog box:

    Table 27.2. Data inputs and assignements

    Name	Data Type	Source
    _hwSpec	org.jbpm.document	caseFile_hwSpec
    orderNumber	String	CaseId
    Requestor	String	Requestor

    Table 27.3. Data outputs and assignements

    Name	Data Type	Target
    ordered_	Boolean	caseFile_ordered
    info_	String	CaseFile_orderInfo

    

    For the first input assignment, select Custom for the Data Type and input org.jbpm.document.Document.

12. Click OK.

13. Select the Skippable check box and enter the following text in the Description field:

    Approved order #{CaseId} to be placed

14. Create an outgoing connection from the Place order user task and connect it to an end event.

    
    
15. Click Save to confirm your changes.

Procedure

1. In Business Central, go to Menu Design Projects IT_Orders_New orderhardware Business Processes.

2. Create and configure the Prepare hardware spec user task:

   1. Expand Tasks in the Object Library and drag a user task onto the canvas and convert the new task to a user task.
   2. Click the new user task and click the Properties icon in the upper-right corner.
   3. Input Prepare hardware spec in the Name field.
   4. Expand Implementation/Execution, click Add below the Groups menu, click Select New, and input supplier.
   5. Input PrepareHardwareSpec in the Task Name field.

   6. Select the Skippable check box and enter the following text in the Description field:

      Prepare hardware specification for #{initiator} (order number #{CaseId})

   7. click in the Assignments field and add the following:

      
   8. Click OK.

3. Create and configure the manager approval user task:

   1. Click the Prepare hardware spec user task and create a new user task.
   2. Click the new user task and click the Properties icon in the upper-right corner.
   3. Click the user task and in the Properties panel input Manager approval in the Name field.
   4. Expand Implementation/Execution, click Add below the Actors menu, click Select New, and input manager.
   5. Input ManagerApproval in the Task Name field.

   6. click in the Assignments field and add the following:

      
   7. Click OK.

   8. Select the Skippable check box and enter the following text in the Description field:

      Approval request for new hardware for #{initiator} (order number #{CaseId})

   9. Enter the following Java expression in the On Exit Action field:

      kcontext.setVariable("caseFile_managerDecision", approved);

   10. Click Save.

4. Click the Manager approval user task and create a Data-based Exclusive (XOR) gateway.

   
   

5. Create and configure the Place order reusable sub-process:

   1. From the Object Library, expand sub-processes, click Reusable, and drag the new element to the canvas on the right side of the Data-based Exclusive (XOR) gateway.

      

   2. Connect the Data-based Exclusive (XOR) gateway to the sub-process.

      
   3. Click the new sub task and click the Properties icon in the upper-right corner.
   4. Input Place order in the Name field.

   5. Expand Data Assignments and click in the Assignments field and add the following:

      
   6. Click OK.
   7. Click the connection from the Data-based Exclusive (XOR) gateway to the sub-process and click the Properties icon.

   8. Expand Implementation/Execution, select Condition, and set the following condition expressions.

      
   9. Click the Place order user task and create an end event.

6. Create and configure the order rejected user task:

   1. Click the Data-based Exclusive (XOR) gateway and create a new user task.

   2. Drag the new task to align it below the Place order task.

      
   3. Click the new user task and click the Properties icon in the upper-right corner.
   4. Input Order rejected in the Name field.
   5. Expand Implementation/Execution and input OrderRejected in the Task Name field.
   6. Click Add below the Actors menu, click Select New, and input owner.

   7. click in the Assignments field and add the following:

      
   8. Click OK.

   9. Select the Skippable check box and enter the following text in the Description field:

      Order #{CaseId} has been rejected by manager

   10. Click the Order rejected user task and create an end event.
   11. Click Save.
7. Click the connection from the Data-based Exclusive (XOR) gateway to the Order rejected user task and click the Properties icon.

8. Expand Implementation/Execution, select Condition, and set the following condition expressions.

   

9. Click Save.

   Figure 27.5. Manager approval business process