The tenth workflow puts items into a workflow task called “My first task” that is assigned to whatever user is in the field “ArticleLang.Remarks”. It also sends an email to that user. For this workflow task we need 2 steps. The first step checks whether the affected item is already in this workflow, if not it will move to the next step.. The second step puts the item in the task and sends the notification.

Diagram for example 10

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Explanation of the steps example 10

Step	Description
0	Check whether item is already in this workflow.
1	Put the item into the task "My first task" and emails the user.

Product 360 prerequisites for example 10

Product 360 entity	value
User	The value in “ArticleLang.Remarks” field.
Ui Template	Item approve UI

Info

Whatever user name is in “ArticleLang.Remarks” is user that the task is assigned to. There is a new status added to the workflow with the user name appended to the task name. There is a delimiter “|” between the task name and the user name.

StepWorkflow.xml file for example 10

Example 10

<imp:payload xmlns:imp="http://www.informatica.com/schema/ItemMap" contentType="string">
  <workflow>
      <label>Example Workflow 10</label> 
      <identifier>Workflow_10</identifier> 
      <version>1.0</version>
      <taskUserDelimiter>|</taskUserDelimiter>
      <step>
         <id>0</id>
         <entity>Article</entity>
         <enterStatus>Never</enterStatus>
         <batchSize>500</batchSize>
         <executeDq>Always</executeDq>
         <dqService>ItemsInWorkflowTasks-Process</dqService>
         <dqFailStep>STEP:1</dqFailStep>
      </step>
      <step>
         <id>1</id>
         <entity>Article</entity>
         <workflowStatus>My first task</workflowStatus> 
         <description>The description of my first workflow task.</description>
         <workflowServiceEndpoint>StepWorkflow-Trigger</workflowServiceEndpoint>
         <getField>Article.SupplierAID</getField>
         <getField>ArticleLang.DescriptionShort(9, "Default Channel")</getField>
         <getField>ArticleLang.DescriptionLong(9, "Default Channel")</getField>
         <getField>ArticleLog.ModificationDate(HPM)</getField>    
         <enterStatus>Always</enterStatus>
         <notificationService>NotifyUser-Process</notificationService>
         <batchSize>500</batchSize>
         <userType>user</userType>
         <userName>SERVICE:UserTask-Workflow</userName>
         <userDescriptor>ArticleLang.Remarks(9, "Default Channel")</userDescriptor>
         <includeLabels>true</includeLabels>
         <uiTemplate>Item approve UI</uiTemplate>
         <executeDq>Never</executeDq>
      </step>
  </workflow>
</imp:payload>

Detailed explanation of the steps

Step 0

This step checks only whether the item is already in this workflow. If not the executed next step is 1. If yes the workflow will end because there is no next step defined.

Key	Value	Description
id	0	Identifier of the step.
entity	Article	Entity container for this workflow.
enterStatus	Never	The circumstances when an item should enter a status (task). In this case never!
id	0	Identifier of the step.
entity	Article	Entity container for this workflow.
enterStatus	Never	The circumstances when an item should enter a status (task). In this case never!
batchSize	500	Batch size to use with trigger batching.
dqService	ItemsInWorkflowTasks-Process	This DQ service is an additional bpel inside the StepWorkflow which checks whether the item is already inside this workflow or not.
dqFailStep	STEP:1	The item will be moved to the step with the identifier 1 if the above dq succeeds.
taskDelimeter	\|	The delimiter that goes between the original task name and the user name.

Step 1

This step enters the items in the task called “My first task” and emails the user this task is assigned to.

Key	Value	Description
id	1	Identifier of the step.
entity	Article	Entity container for this workflow.
workflowStatus	My first task	Status name within the Product 360 workflow. ==> Product 360 task name = [Workflow] - [Status] - [Catalog]
description	My first workflow task	Description of the status.
workflowServiceEndpoint	StepWorkflow-Trigger	This is the service name of the partner link. This name is defined in the process deployment descriptor of the workflow.
enterStatus	Always	The circumstances when an item should enter a status (task). In this case always
userType	user	Type of the default assignee of this task. In this case it will be a user.
userName	SERVICE:UserTask-Workflow	The service for the bpel process that will determine the user or usergroup to assign the task to.
updateFieldDescriptor	ArticleLang.Remarks(9, "Default Channel")	The field which stores the user name to assign the task to for dynamic users.
uiTemplate	Item approve UI	This is the default UI of the task.
executeDq	Never	The circumstances when a DQ should be run. In this case never!
notificationService	NotifyUser-Process	The service for the bpel process that will perform the email service.
includeLabels	true	This will allow us to receive the item number in addition to the item ID.
getField	Several field names	This will get the field values for the items from P360. By default, for NotifyUser, these will be included in an html table in the email.