Change Field Set to Workflow Activity

Question

Good day all. Has an anyone set a method to add the current workflow activity name to a change field? We reference the changes more by the workflow activity than we do by the change state. Thanks for your help with this.

Nathan H. · Accepted Answer

I guess I should have come back to this and post the C# method I use. I have this assigned to the Activities of the Workflow Template with an On Activate event. 
 
 // Called OnActivate from activities in a change workflow. Gets the Activity name and assigns it to the sm_workflow_activity field
// Works as of 30 June 2023 NDH

Innovator inn = this.getInnovator();
string actId = this.getID(); // GET current Activity ID

// Added for Method identification associated to error message 27 September 2022 NDH
string methodName = "
 Method: sm_Get_Activity_Name";

// GET workflow item
Item wflItem = this.newItem("Workflow","get");
 wflItem.setAttribute("select","source_id,source_type");
 
Item wflProc = wflItem.createRelatedItem("Workflow Process","get");
 wflProc.setAttribute("select","name");

Item wflProcAct = wflProc.createRelationship("Workflow Process Activity","get");
 wflProcAct.setAttribute("select","related_id,name");
 wflProcAct.setProperty("related_id",this.getID());
 wflItem = wflItem.apply();

// VERIFY that the Workflow has been retrieved
if (wflItem.getItemCount() != 1 || wflItem.getProperty("source_id","").Length != 32 || wflItem.getPropertyAttribute("source_type","keyed_name","").Length < 1)
{
 return inn.newError("Error retrieving workflow: " + wflItem.getErrorDetail() + methodName);
}

// GET ItemType of the change using the Method - labs_GetControlledItemCSharp
Item controlledItem = this.newItem(this.getAttribute("type"), "labs_GetControlledItemCSharp"); 
 controlledItem.setID(this.getID()); 
 controlledItem = controlledItem.apply();

Item wflActivity = this.newItem("Activity","get");
 wflActivity.setAttribute("select","name");
 wflActivity.setID(wflProcAct.getProperty("related_id"));
 wflActivity = wflActivity.apply();

string cmType = controlledItem.getAttribute("type");
string activityName = "";

switch(wflActivity.getProperty("name"))
{
 case "Close Change":
 case "Close ECR":
 case "End":
 activityName="Closed - Completed";
 break;
 
 case "Cancel Change":
 case "Cancelled":
 activityName="Closed - Cancelled";
 break;
 
 default:
 activityName=wflActivity.getProperty("name");
 break;
}

bool permissionWasSet = false;
Aras.Server.Security.Identity transIdentity = Aras.Server.Security.Identity.GetByName("Aras PLM");

try
{
 // permissionWasSet = Aras.Server.Security.Permissions.GrantIdentity(transIdentity);
 Aras.Server.Security.Identity admin = null;
	bool permsWasSet = false;
	
	admin = Aras.Server.Security.Identity.GetByName("Aras PLM");
	permsWasSet = Aras.Server.Security.Permissions.GrantIdentity(admin);
 
 // SET the Workflow Activity field from the change
 var ecoParent = this.newItem(cmType, "edit");
 ecoParent.setID(wflItem.getProperty("source_id"));
 ecoParent.setProperty("sm_workflow_activity",activityName);
 ecoParent = ecoParent.apply();
}

finally
{
 if (permissionWasSet)
 {
 Aras.Server.Security.Permissions.RevokeIdentity(transIdentity);
 }
}

return this;

// return inn.newError("Test: " + activityName);

Change Field Set to Workflow Activity

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