Add data to DBM from a Application Page

Q&A
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I created an application page with data from the DBM, that works perfect.

Now I would like the user to be able to add new data to the DBM. I think what I should do is add a button widget that calls a process with the form to add the information, but I don't know how to do it.

I already added a button and in the properties select "Start a process", but how do I indicate which process to start?

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Hi,

There are 2 cases:

  • The process has an instantiation form, and you want to redirect the user to this form: You can use the Link widget and the process instantiation type. You’ll be able to set a process name and version.
  • The process has contract, but you want to reuse your current page without redirecting the user: You can use a Button with a POST action directly from your page. First, you’ll need to retrieve the process definition id using a processDefinitionVar external variable and the following API:
    ../API/bpm/process?f=name=MyProcess&p=0&c=1&o=version%20desc&f=activationState=ENABLED
    It should return a list of process definition with one element.
    Then you can call the POST on the button using the following API:
    ../API/bpm/process/{{processDefinitionVar[0].id}}/instantiation and use the data send on click property of the button to pass the contract (not required if the process has no contract).

HTH
Romain

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Thank you Romain!

That's works perfect!