Check In Process Definition

API Type

Web Services

Description

Checks in the process model (process definition) with an XML deployment file.

Good to Know

A new version of the process model is created with the status Created.
To call this method, the API account user must have the access right, Checkin and Checkout a Process Model.

Syntax

public virtual string CheckinProcDef(string xml)

Parameters

Name	Description
xml	Function: Specifies a process definition in XML format. To generate the process definition file in XML format, in AgilePoint Envision, click File > Export & Import > Save As Deploying File(xml). You can also download the process definition XML from AgilePoint Enterprise Manager. Type string Accepted Values: A string that contains process definition in XML format.

Output

A new process definition ID.

Example

IWFWorkflowService svc = GetWorkflowService();
string xml = …// Process definition XML as string
WFProcessDefinition pd = new WFProcessDefinition();
GraphicImage g = new GraphicImage();
ProcDefXmlParser parser = new ProcDefXmlParser(new
WFDefaultActivityInstantiator(), pd, g);
parser.Parse(xml);

if (release process definition immediately)
	{
    pd.ReleaseDate = DateTime.Now;
    pd.Version = .. // new version
    string procDefID = svc.CheckinProcDef( xml );
    svc.ReleaseProcDef(processDefinitionID);
	}

else if(release process definition at specific date in the future)
	{
    pd.ReleaseDate = …// a specific date in the future
    pd.Version = .. // new version
    string processDefinitionID = svc.CheckinProcDef( xml );
    svc.ReleaseProcDef(processDefinitionID);
    }

else // not release process definition
    {
    pd.ReleaseDate = Constants.NullDate;
    string processDefinitionID = svc.CheckinProcDef( xml );
	}

Supported Versions

3.2.0.4 or higher

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