STARTPROCESS
Overview
The STARTPROCESS workflow application lets you launch a new request with the corresponding parameters. It provides a simple solution for inter-process communications.
There are three ways to use STARTPROCESS to launch a new request:
Process ID
Process name with process version
Process name with test
Parameters
Process
Parameter
Type
Direction
Description
PROCESS_ID
Numeric
IN
Process ID of the request to launch (to be used independently, without the other parameters)
PROCESS_NAME
Text
IN
Process name of the request to launch
PROCESS_VERSION
Numeric
IN
Version of the process to launch
TEST
Text
IN
Test mode
Y: Launch a test versionN: Launch the active version
Optional parameters
Parameter
Type
Direction
Description
REQUEST_ID
Numeric
OUT
Returns the ID of the new request
IMPERSONATE_USERNAME
Text
IN
Username of the impersonating user
You can define other parameters as needed in the workflow process to launch; for example COMPANY (text type IN parameter), e.g. ACME_COMPANY.
Examples
Process ID
Parameter
Type
Direction
Description
PROCESS_ID
Numeric
IN
Send value of MY_PROCESS_ID (a numeric process data containing the ID of the process to start, e.g. 1320)
Process name with process version
Parameter
Type
Direction
Description
PROCESS_NAME
Text
IN
Send value of MY_PROCESS_NAME (a text process data containing the name of the process to start, e.g. LEAVE_APPLICATION)
PROCESS_VERSION
Numeric
IN
Send value of MY_PROCESS_VERSION (a numeric process data containing the version number of the process to start, e.g. 2)
Process name with test
Parameter
Type
Direction
Description
PROCESS_NAME
Text
IN
Send value of MY_PROCESS_NAME (a text process data containing the name of the process to start, e.g. LEAVE_APPLICATION)
TEST
Text
IN
Send value of MY_TEST (e.g. Y)