How to set the values programmatically which is non-editable from the process configuration

Arjun Pande (3●6●14) | asked Jul 28 '15, 1:38 a.m.
edited Jul 28 '15, 2:33 a.m. by Ralph Schoon (62.3k●3●36●43)

Hi,

I am planning to set a value programmatically in an attribute each time I save the work item. i am facing some issues while setting a value to an attribute as that attribute is read-only field(which is done by process configuration manually). Below is the code to set the value of an attribute.

public void setCustomStringAttributeById(String attrId, String ac)
throws InvalidAttributeIdException {

  IAttribute attr = customAttributes.get(attrId);
  if (attr == null) {
   throw new InvalidAttributeIdException("No attribute with ID["
     + attrId + "] found.");
  }

workItem.setValue(attr, ac);
}

ac is the value which we want to set(it may be hard coded).

It is giving me below error while saving the work item

Problem
The 'Feedback' attribute is not modifiable .

Please let me know what I am missing . Thanks in advance

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Donald Nong commented Jul 28 '15, 2:02 a.m.

The code is irrelevant. Why do you think you should be able to set value for a read-only field?

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Ralph Schoon (62.3k●3●36●43) | answered Jul 28 '15, 2:45 a.m.
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You can, in principle, set a read only attribute using the API. I just did that. Also attribute customization allows to set read-only values.

I don't know if you can do this in each context though. Try to make it not read only. If it works then, it might be impossible in your context - if it still does not work then there is a different problem. If the error message is accurate I have no idea, otherwise show the real error message.

Please note, there are attributes that you can not modify e.g. modified date and id.

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Ralph Schoon commented Jul 28 '15, 3:16 a.m. | edited Jul 28 '15, 3:17 a.m.

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I have to correct myself. I just forgot to save the process change. I am not able to modify the read only attribute using a Java Client. I see

CRRTC0299E: The work item with the ID 93 cannot be saved because an attempt was made to change the attributes '[Custom Boolean]' which are not modifiable.

You would have to leave the attribute as writable and make it read only in the editor presentation, I think.

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