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Work flow dropdown in Launcher dialog

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Hi All,

When i am going through the launchers in AEM i saw dialog design under 

/libs/cq/workflow/widgets/source/widget/LauncherPanel.js path

i am not getting how the values in the dropdown workflows are getting from this Json

http://localhost:4502/libs/cq/workflow/content/console/workflows.json

When i hit that json i am able to see the workflows listed but i am unable to check where exactly the code ?

Thanks,

Mani Kumar

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Hi -

If you go to http://localhost:4502/system/console/servletresolver and put in your URL you will see that it comes from a servlet com.adobe.granite.workflow.console.servlet.WorkflowListServlet so it would not be easy to extend this with a JSP.

You might be able to define a jsp or servlet with a resource type of "cq/workflow/components/workflows" and return some json.

What are you trying to accomplish?

Will

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I am unclear what you are trying to do. WHat do you mean when you say "When i hit that JSON"? 

Usnig Workflow launcher for its intended purposes does not require clicking on JSON. 

Workflow launcher lets you automatically invoke a workflow based on conditions.
That is, a change to AEM JCR content. For example, when a page is modified. In this example, the workflow launcher is configured to invoke a workflow when content under /content/geometrixx is modified. The result is the AEMExperts workflow automatically publishes the page.
 

You can achieve the behaviour of a workflow launcher also by using code. But in many cases, it makes sense to provide functionality as workflow steps, because the flexibility to reconfigure individual steps is much higher. You don’t need to change any code or configuration to reconfigure a workflow, disable a certain workflow step and disable the workflow completely.

To configure workflow launcher, perform these tasks:

1. Go to workflow console at http://localhost:4502/libs/cq/workflow/content/console.html.
2. Click the Launcher tab.
3. Click the Add button at the top left of the page.
4, Add the following information:

  • Event Type: modified
  • Node Type: nt:unstructured
  • Path: /content/Geometrixx
  • Workflow: AEMExperts
  • Description: Activates Geometrixx pages
  • Activate: leaved enabled
  • Exclude List: Leave empty
  • Run Mode(s): Author

5. Click OK.

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smacdonald2008 wrote...

I am unclear what you are trying to do. WHat do you mean when you say "When i hit that JSON"? 

Usnig Workflow launcher for its intended purposes does not require clicking on JSON. 

Workflow launcher lets you automatically invoke a workflow based on conditions.
That is, a change to AEM JCR content. For example, when a page is modified. In this example, the workflow launcher is configured to invoke a workflow when content under /content/geometrixx is modified. The result is the AEMExperts workflow automatically publishes the page.
 

You can achieve the behaviour of a workflow launcher also by using code. But in many cases, it makes sense to provide functionality as workflow steps, because the flexibility to reconfigure individual steps is much higher. You don’t need to change any code or configuration to reconfigure a workflow, disable a certain workflow step and disable the workflow completely.

To configure workflow launcher, perform these tasks:

1. Go to workflow console at http://localhost:4502/libs/cq/workflow/content/console.html.
2. Click the Launcher tab.
3. Click the Add button at the top left of the page.
4, Add the following information:

  • Event Type: modified
  • Node Type: nt:unstructured
  • Path: /content/Geometrixx
  • Workflow: AEMExperts
  • Description: Activates Geometrixx pages
  • Activate: leaved enabled
  • Exclude List: Leave empty
  • Run Mode(s): Author

5. Click OK.

 

Hi ,

I am aware of the workflows but my question is how can we customize those launcher configurations which are coming from launchpanel.js where exactly those drop down values are populating from in dialog.

 

Thanks

Mani Kumar K

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I will pass this to the Eng team to see their thoughts. 

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Hi -

If you go to http://localhost:4502/system/console/servletresolver and put in your URL you will see that it comes from a servlet com.adobe.granite.workflow.console.servlet.WorkflowListServlet so it would not be easy to extend this with a JSP.

You might be able to define a jsp or servlet with a resource type of "cq/workflow/components/workflows" and return some json.

What are you trying to accomplish?

Will