How to avoid deleting a document to finish a Process Model event

RE: How to avoid deleting a document to finish a Process Model event

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 01 May 2024 17:36:49 GMT

I also made myself a generalized Utility subprocess called something like "Safe Delete Document" which simply consumes a Doc ID, does this check, then deletes the document (or goes safely around the Delete node), so I don't have to build that clunky XOR pattern into all the process models where I need to use it.

RE: How to avoid deleting a document to finish a Process Model event

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 01 May 2024 17:27:05 GMT

Yikes.

Well, as long as you're working with an awareness of how it's not really a best practice set-up...

The good workaround I can suggest is that you check the document ID prior to the delete document node, using the "is object exists" rule from the "Check Object Existence" plug-in. I actually keep a designated expression rule that can handle checking a doc ID against being blank or zero or non-existent:

IF it fails this check, you would just step around the Delete Document node altogether using an XOR gateway (you'd use the one already set up in your screenshot, just replace the "is blank" rule with something more comprehensive like i've shown you here).

RE: How to avoid deleting a document to finish a Process Model event

nickk1385 — Wed, 01 May 2024 17:15:53 GMT

I am new to this project but from what it sounds like this is an edge case that only happens when:
Admin 1: opens the first interface and idles on it
(The document is created when the interface is opened)
Admin 2: opens another interface that shows all the documents
Admin 2: deletes the document
Admin 1: tries to cancel the initial document, and receives the error message

So there isn't a way to just get rid of it unfortunately.

RE: How to avoid deleting a document to finish a Process Model event

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 01 May 2024 17:07:57 GMT

[quote userid="151843" url="~/discussions/f/general/34845/how-to-avoid-deleting-a-document-to-finish-a-process-model-event"]There are cases where the document might get deleted through another form [/quote]

How (and WHY) would a document being generated specifically for this process instance, be "deleted through another form"? Is that REQUIRED? Because yes, that is making things much harder than they should be. If AT ALL possible, I'd just get rid of that part.