No progress here I didn't have time for that... I involve in any initiative, but we need orientation. I think we should try something (anything) that could work and see what are the limitation of the approach and try other approach (trial and error)...
Richard 2012/2/27 António Ramos <ramstei...@gmail.com> > Any evolution in this issue. > I need it bad. > > I was thinking in workflow as a service. > Instead of changing dal i would submit the record to a webservice > verification service that returns a new record, changed according to the > rules. > Is this a good thinking? and easier to do? > > Thank you > António > > > > > 2012/2/8 Richard Vézina <ml.richard.vez...@gmail.com> > >> For my self I am interresting to workflow in context of LIMS and here a >> article about kind of workflows in LIMS : >> >> http://www.scientificcomputing.com/workflow-perspectives-in-lims.aspx >> >> Richard >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:12 PM, mart <msenecal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I think features such as those you already implemented in your bug >>> tracking app hold some importance here as well Ie. the good use of >>> groups, permissions & ability to modify things like ownership - as an >>> example, a corporate accounting department should still have the >>> ability to reimburse employee expenses even though the said >>> employee's accounting contact's position has been terminated (maybe >>> along with 875 other poor employees that same day)... Doh! did I write >>> that out loud? ;) oh well, it still holds true, the wf should still be >>> able to handle any kind of changes like work item ownership and re- >>> route accordingly (this also serves as an example of a good use of >>> roles in a wf :) ) >>> >>> here is a example of implementation details of a workflow. Granted, >>> probably a little too large in scale (especially in light of its new >>> future), but... the idea is there none the less. I think the doc >>> should also contain a blurb on how it makes use of databases >>> >>> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/overview.pdf >>> >>> ** for those who followed the thread on the use of the word >>> "Enterprise", notice the acronym 'ES' in the product's name. >>> >>> Mart :) >>> >>> On Feb 8, 3:07 am, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > That's a finite state machine. It is nice and simple but too simple. >>> > Anyway, the problem in using that with web2py (or any other web >>> > framework) it is not designed to maintain its state using the >>> > database. >>> > >>> > Anyway, it should be possible to modify it so that state and rules are >>> > stored in the database. Do we expect more from a workflow system? I am >>> > not sure convinced every workflow I need can be modeled finite state >>> > machine. I will give this some more thought. >>> > >>> > massimo >>> > >>> > On Feb 7, 4:25 pm, Richard Vézina <ml.richard.vez...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > There is no ubuntu official package as far as I can see, so you will >>> have >>> > > to follow the installation information explain into the tar ball >>> available >>> > > here :http://www.hforge.org/itools/ >>> > >>> > > Then : >>> > >>> > > from itools.workflow import Workflow >>> > >>> > > And the rest is explained in the docs : >>> > >>> > >http://www.hforge.org/itools/docs/workflow/ >>> > >>> > > I think you will pretty much have to build your own logic to make >>> use of >>> > > workflow for given objects (tables and rows)... >>> > >>> > > But there is surely a way that this lib could be included into >>> web2py core >>> > > so we can make use of workflow utility readily. >>> > >>> > > Richard >>> > >>> > > 2012/2/7 António Ramos <ramstei...@gmail.com> >>> > >>> > > > How to use this in web2py ? >>> > > > dummies tutorial? >>> > >>> > > > 2012/2/7 omicron <jacques.bouss...@gmail.com> >>> > >>> > > >> This library is small and easy to use: >>> > > >>http://www.hforge.org/itools/docs/workflow/ >>> >> >> >
