Trigger event for Wait For WF Event within workflow

KB15 · ‎10-24-2016

I've been looking through any threads for Wait For WF event triggering but I don't seem to get or see how to script this out properly.

I have two workflows that wait for the "workflow.lmscomplete" event

I have script in another workflow to trigger the event"

new Workflow().broadcastEvent(context.sys_id, workflow.lmscomplete);

What am I missing?

Michael Ritchie · ‎10-25-2016

OK cool so there is a linkage between the three, a parent sc_request.

In terms of fulfillment, is there a particular order these must follow: request item 1 before request item 2 before request item 3? If so you may need to have different WF Event names so each can wait for a specific step. So if request item 1 has to be completed before request item 2, then in request item 2's workflow you can have a WF Event waiting for "reqitem1_complete" and then in request item 3's workflow you can have a WF Event waiting for "reqitem2_complete" as an example.

So with this said the following code should work for you:

// Get all request items linked to parent request

var reqItem = new GlideRecord("sc_req_item");

reqItem.addQuery("request", current.request);

//Exclude current request item from query

reqItem.addQuery("sys_id", "!=", current.sys_id);

reqItem.query();

while (reqItem.next()) {

       // Get running workflows for the current request item

       var wf = new Workflow().getRunningFlows(reqItem); 

       while(wf.next()) { 

               new Workflow().broadcastEvent(wf.sys_id, "ENTER YOUR EVENT NAME HERE"); 

       }

}

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Vladimir Kobeti · ‎10-24-2016

Hi,

cannot this article help you?

Trigger Workflow Events v2.0

Or if you want the code directly, could this work for you:

fireWorkflowEvent(current,'my.event.name');
function fireWorkflowEvent(recordGR, evt) {
var wf = new Workflow().getRunningFlows(recordGR);
while(wf.next()) {
new Workflow().broadcastEvent(wf.sys_id, evt);
}
}

Hope this helps,

Vladimir

KB15 · ‎10-24-2016

I read that article as well but doesn't that article refer to a customization?

The code you're referring to, isn't that a custom function? I've seen it in other threads. If so, why would I need to write a custom function to fire an event? Just a question and not an argument.

Vladimir Kobeti · ‎10-24-2016

And yes you are right, that is a customization, that should help you configure the workflow without need of writing own script, but the script I provided to you should do the "magic" as well 😉

Michael Ritchie · ‎10-24-2016

In your workflow activity you enter the "keyword" you want your workflow to wait on. It can be anything you want. Then in your script you will use the code you mentioned in the original post, but the second parameter needs to match the keyword you set in your workflow activity.

So for example, here is the activity that is waiting for a "pulled_scripts" broadcast event:

Then to get the workflow going again the following will make it continue:

new Workflow().broadcastEvent(wf.sys_id, "pulled_scripts");

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