Starting different processes on condition from a site page

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Hi everyone, 
 I'd like to optimize the use of the pages on my site (limited to 5). To do so I would like to use 1 page to start 2 different processes depending on the group you belong to (start process 1 if I am a member of group 1, start process 2 if I am a member of group 2, very basic). Both processes have a start form. 
 Since we can not apply a condition in the page parameters when calling a process, how could I reach my goal without an extra click for the user? 
 I've tried different solutions like : adding a "master process" with the condition and then call the process, or adding an interface and then call a different process on click but it seems impossible to do it automatically. 
 Thanks for your help! 
 Lionel

ManuelHTG · Answer

I would do a page on the site pointing to the "mater process". The start form would then be two interfaces (in one interface with showwhen conditions) that would display one form or the other depending on the user groups. 
 The submit button would store a Boolean that would indicate which sub-process shall be called depending on which group the user belongs to.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

I suggest you consider a "wider" approach here. Manuel's solution would work, I expect, but in the long term, what happens if this needs to expand to let's say 3 or 4 different processes? 
 I think you'd get a lot more flexibility by just ditching the "start page" approach, and instead aim at having a general SAIL form displayed on your site tab (this would be done by way of making the SAIL form a "report", even though it's not a report, but really that's just a silly naming convention mismatch). 
 Anyway - on your SAIL form, you would do all the same logic up front -- evaluate which group a user is in. Show some input fields that save their values into local variables. These can easily vary depending on the user/group, which seems to fit your desired design. Then show the user a link (using a!startProcessLink() ) to whichever process model you wish to launch for them, passing in as parameters any appropriate data, including of course anything they've entered on the form. 
 This, in essence, becomes your "start form", but without the need to stash everything inside a "master" process with hardcoded branching between a set number of choices for subprocess. In this manner, you'd potentially be able to add further branches to your logic and launch many other processes as needed depending on your future needs.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Agreed - the inability to use a button to mimic *at least* the "start process link" functionality seems to be a bit of a functional underlap (just like how links other than submit link can't give a "confirmation pop-up", though that's a different thread entirely as you're probably aware). 
 Peronally though, I'm not too plussed about the inability to use a button here - as you mentioned it would be possible to use a card layout, and these can be used to create a reasonable "fake button", and of course Rich Text provides a lot of alternative possibilities. I see it as worth the trade-off. 
 And yes, I too am crossing my fingers that they might finally start addressing some of these seemingly "low hanging fruit" functional underlaps in 20.1 -- maybe?

Starting different processes on condition from a site page

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