Can I terminate another pararell flow from main flow?
Hello,
I would like to terminate or complete another pararell flow from main flow submission?
1. I have a main flow in MyCo-Sandbox-Work-SupportRequest class as below. At the beginning of this flow, I call another flow by Spinoff.
2. Below is the SpinoffFlow. There are multiple steps in this flow.
When I run this flow, system creates two assignments - one for main flow and the other for spinoff flow.
Now, the requirement is, upon main step in main flow submission, I want to terminate / complete the spinoff flow that is running in pararell, regardless of where the step is - it could be the first assignment shape, or the second assignment shape. I am thinking of creating a post processing activity in main flow's flow action but I am not sure how to configure the activity. How can I accomplish this?
Regards,
Bits in Glass
IN
@CloeW938 you can use ticket for this.
Please check CustomizeFlows ootb flow in pega for reference.
Please refer below url for explanation with implementation
Updated: 24 Nov 2023 1:22 EST
IT Solution Service
SG
Sorry, actually I simplified my question and Ticket did not work for our requirement. The original flow is a little bit more complex, maybe I should have explained the whole thing. Please see below;
1. Main flow has a step "AddItemList", where user enters multiple items (page list). Based on the item list, flow split it into multiple flows by Split for Each.
2. Split-For-Eached flow calls another flow by Spinoff. This way, using Spinoff, main flow advances and reach to the next step (MainStep).
3. The flow called by Spinoff has multiple steps.
Sorry, actually I simplified my question and Ticket did not work for our requirement. The original flow is a little bit more complex, maybe I should have explained the whole thing. Please see below;
1. Main flow has a step "AddItemList", where user enters multiple items (page list). Based on the item list, flow split it into multiple flows by Split for Each.
2. Split-For-Eached flow calls another flow by Spinoff. This way, using Spinoff, main flow advances and reach to the next step (MainStep).
3. The flow called by Spinoff has multiple steps.
Now, we want to terminate one / some of the Spinoffed flow from MainStep. We already tried Ticket, but this approach will terminate ALL split flows by Split-For-Each. So we are looking for another solution than Ticket. Basically we want to simply finish a running flow. Is there any OOTB activity?
Regards,
Pegasystems Inc.
JP
Did you try pxDeleteAssignment Process API? You can pass the pzInsKey of specific assignment as a parameter. This will not only delete the assignment from database table but also remove pyWorkPage.pxFlow(ItemSpinoffFlow). It is the same effect as terminating a flow.
Thanks,
IT Solution Service
SG
We tried pxDeleteAssignment from post-processing activity of MainStep flow action. We observed that the specified assignment is deleted and its flow is terminated, but main flow didn't get advanced for some reason. I don't see any error in Tracer. Isn't it strange?
Regards,
Pegasystems Inc.
JP
Okay, how about using RemoveFlow() function by itself? This API is included in pxDeleteAssginment Process API and you can steal it as is. This approach should not cause the error you are facing.
Thanks,