Re: Parallel steps

We have come across this kind of problem some time ago. We have solved
it by defining two worflows. The first is the "general" workflow, the
second one is a sub-workflow.
You could  instanciate as many sub-workflow as your number of reviewers
and make the general workflow go on when all sub-workflows are finished.
This seems to be a good solution if each "review" sub-process is a bit
complex.

In your case, you could simply store a list of the reviewers and their
decision (evaluation? vote?) in the "variables" map, and use a loop on
step 2 that exit only when every reviewer has voted.





Le jeu 12/06/2003 à 01:59, Pat Lightbody a écrit :
> Sounds like you're asking for a way to do splits in to a number of steps,
> where that number is determined at runtime. Currently OSWF doesn't support
> this, but only because the syntax is unknown. Any suggestions would be much
> appreciated.
> 
> -Pat
> 
> > We have downlowed OSWorkflow 2.1.0, and have a question about how to run a
> > particilar workflow.
> >
> > Workflow actors: chairman, reviewer
> >
> > Workflow process:
> > 1. Initialize review board  (done by chairman)
> >        - task is to create reviewer list, one entry per reviewer
> > 2. Review document  (done by reviewer)
> >      - This is a split workflow, one entry per reviewer in reviewer list
> >     - Each reviewer has a due date associated with their task
> >     -  Each individual reviewer either rejects or accepts the document
> >    - The chairman can 'proxy-vote' for individual reviewers
> > 3. Finish review (done by chairman)
> >    - This is a join step, completed when all reviews are complete
> >
> > I see within OSWorkflow 2.1.0 that a split will work for distinctly-named
> > steps.
> >
> > Some function-related questions...
> > How can I do a split a using the same step, with a separate step instance
> > per member of an input list?
> > Do I have to extend AbstractWorkflow?  Has someone done this already?
> > How would I set a due date for a step/owner combination?
> >
> > Some API-related questions...
> > Is there an easy way to find the steps associated with a particular owner?
> > Is there an easy way to find the available actions associated with a
> > particular step and owner combination?
> > Could we add an sub-interface to Workflow that returns objects instead of
> > primitive ids?
> >
> >
> >
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