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I have a process that jumps directly from a start event to a user input task. At

mikec over 12 years ago

I have a process that jumps directly from a start event to a user input task. At this task a user has the ability to add attachments. I know i have to create a folder prior to this node but i am not sure how to do this. I tried placing the create a folder node between the start and the input task but not sure how to create the folder name. Usually you could use a process variable from the previous input screen but in this instance thereis not one ...

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0 joel over 12 years ago

Hope I have understood you correctly but you could try the following. You could use pp!id for the name of the folder. This would ensure it is unique for each process. This also is always present so no need to worry about naming it. Simply create your knowledge centre and select the new folder to be created under this knowledge centre.
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0 joel over 12 years ago

Hope I have understood you correctly but you could try the following. You could use pp!id for the name of the folder. This would ensure it is unique for each process. This also is always present so no need to worry about naming it. Simply create your knowledge centre and select the new folder to be created under this knowledge centre.
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