KBEC-00249 - Retreiving Transition History in a Workflow

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Summary

How can I tell which states were called, and which transitions were taken. A view such as:

Start \-> State 2 (succeeded) \-> State 3 (succeeded) \-> State 4 (failed) \-> End

Solution

Use the findObjects API on logEntry, and the filter with containerName equal to your workflowName. Something like:

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my $wkfName="workflow_222_201308090956";

# create filterList
my @filterList;
# get only log associated to my workflow

push (@filterList, {"propertyName" => "containerName",
                    "operator" => "equals",
                    "operand1" => "workflow_222_201308090956"});
push (@filterList, {"propertyName" => "containerType",
                    "operator" => "equals",
                    "operand1" => "workflow"});

my ($success, $xPath) = InvokeCommander("", "findObjects", "logEntry",
                                        {maxIds => 5000,
                                         filter => \\@filterList ,
                                         sort => [ {propertyName => "time",  order => "ascending"} \]});

It should return a number of objects like:

<object>
<objectId>logEntry-122325</objectId>
<logEntry>
<logEntryId>122325</logEntryId>
<container>workflow-222</container>
<containerName>workflow_222_201308090956</containerName>
<message>Invoking the sub-job for state 'Test'</message>
<principal>project: Training_user</principal>
<severity>INFO</severity>
<subject>state-1319</subject>
<subjectName>Test</subjectName>
<time>2013-08-09T16:56:29.586Z</time>
</logEntry>
</object>
<object>
<objectId>logEntry-122328</objectId>
<logEntry>
<logEntryId>122328</logEntryId>
<container>workflow-222</container>
<containerName>workflow_222_201308090956</containerName>
<message>The sub-job 'job_34687_201308090956' for state 'Test' has completed</message>
<principal>project: Training_user</principal>
<severity>INFO</severity>
<subject>state-1319</subject>
<subjectName>Test</subjectName>
<time>2013-08-09T16:56:29.788Z</time>
</logEntry>
</object>

Applies to

  • Product versions: All

  • OS versions: Supported platforms