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Update Forms Variables from a Workflow launched in the repository.

asked on December 15

Hello!

I have a unique question and am unable to wrap my head around it with the options in the toolbox in workflow.

Is it possible to have say 10 Forms in your inbox. 

Then in the repository run a business process on a spreadsheet containing information on all the instance IDs, and whatever variable you want to overwrite, and have the workflow actually change the variable on those forms?

I am having no issues parsing the spreadsheet for the values, and can update a database with this information fine.

The use case is I would like the 10 forms in the Inbox to update their titles (Task title) based on the newly processed information from the workflow.


Example 

Inbox says Review Pending > User runs business process in the repository on a specific file > That file contains information to write back to the form variable and change the variable on the form > Without re-opening, the use should be able to see Review Complete in the task title.

I can accomplish this via a database, however I cannot get the variable to silently update without opening the form and performing a lookup.

Thank You!

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replied on December 15

Workflow can only send updated variables to a Forms process that started a workflow instance. it cannot update unrelated Forms instances. 

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replied on December 15

Hi Miruna,

Thank You for the answer!

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