BPM ADF Form--> streamlining Save/Approve actions

Scenario: I have a simple BPM app that accepts in an order which is approved in parallel by our 2 erstwhile users jcooper and jausten. The users can also update the payload and normally they would have to complete 2 actions --> Save (the changes made) and Approve(the order). Our job is to combine this into 1 button click.

I created the following composite -



Essentially I drop an order into the /in directory. It's picked up by the File Adapter and passed on to the BPM process.

The Human workflow is defined as follows -



I then autogenerate the task form.




Now I want to combine the Save and Approve functionality.

Save is available via the update() operation.



Approve, naturally via the APPROVE() operation.

Now I need to create a new button called ApproveSave with the combined functionality.

1. Drag and Drop the update() and APPROVE operations onto the page.



2. Double-click on one of the buttons to create backing bean and binding code.



3. Double-click on the other button to create the binding code.



4. Drag and drop a Button onto the page, then double-click to create backing bean code.



5. Add the following code ...



6. Delete the other 2 buttons as we no longer need them.

7. Deploy and test. Login as jcooper



8. Edit the Order Status





9. Click the Save/Approve button

10. login as jausten




11. update the Order Status and click the Save/Approve button



12. Validate in em - check outgoing payload from the process.




13. Clean up by deleting the default APPROVE button

You have to be careful here - we want to delete the button but not the bindings.
You can delete it from the Source Code view to preserve the bindings.

However, if you did as I did - deleted it from the structure or design view - then you can simply add the binding again. Go to the taskDetails.jspx and click on the Bindings tab.






Re-deploy and test