Camunda modeler element-templates

BPMN & Modeling Discussion & Questions
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Good afternoon Camunda,

I would like to build templates with predefined fields.
I created service task (implementation Connector) configured details in Connector tab
And now I would like to move my configuration to template and achieve the same behavior.

My schema look’s like that

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First sevice task it is a connector which have to fetch some data from test api and put response into variable.
And it works fine, I could take the result from variable in the next service tasks which is external.
(process instance variables tab contains response)
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My connector service task in xml view looks:

<bpmn:serviceTask id="Activity_0iger68">
      <bpmn:extensionElements>
        <camunda:connector>
          <camunda:inputOutput>
            <camunda:inputParameter name="url">http://dummy.restapiexample.com/api/v1/employee/1</camunda:inputParameter>
            <camunda:inputParameter name="method">GET</camunda:inputParameter>
            <camunda:inputParameter name="headers">
              <camunda:map />
            </camunda:inputParameter>
            <camunda:outputParameter name="response">
              <camunda:script scriptFormat="JavaScript">S(response).prop("data")</camunda:script>
            </camunda:outputParameter>
          </camunda:inputOutput>
          <camunda:connectorId>http-connector</camunda:connectorId>
        </camunda:connector>
      </bpmn:extensionElements>
      <bpmn:incoming>Flow_1y9smk0</bpmn:incoming>
      <bpmn:outgoing>Flow_0jwf2sp</bpmn:outgoing>
    </bpmn:serviceTask>

Then I tried to move all this input and output params to element template:

[
    {
        "name": "Get weather data",
        "id": "my.connector.http.get.weather",
        "appliesTo": [
            "bpmn:Task"
        ],
        "properties": [],
        "scopes": {
            "camunda:Connector": {
                "properties": [
                    {
                        "label": "ConnectorId",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "http-connector",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "property",
                            "name": "connectorId"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "label": "Method",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "GET",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "camunda:inputParameter",
                            "name": "method"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "label": "URL",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "http://dummy.restapiexample.com/api/v1/employee/1",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "camunda:inputParameter",
                            "name": "url"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "label": "Response",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "response",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "camunda:outputParameter",
                            "source": "S(response).prop(\"data\")",
                            "scriptFormat": "JavaScript"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    }
]

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There is no map but as I red there is workaround for it Camunda Modeler template with Connector Scope - Defining headers - #3 by andreasmartin
Which I also tried

So my element in xml view looks:

<bpmn:task id="Activity_1u5gfs8" camunda:modelerTemplate="my.connector.http.get.weather">
      <bpmn:extensionElements>
        <camunda:connector inout="">
          <camunda:inputOutput>
            <camunda:inputParameter name="method">GET</camunda:inputParameter>
            <camunda:inputParameter name="url">http://dummy.restapiexample.com/api/v1/employee/1</camunda:inputParameter>
            <camunda:outputParameter name="response">
              <camunda:script scriptFormat="JavaScript">S(response).prop("data")</camunda:script>
            </camunda:outputParameter>
          </camunda:inputOutput>
          <camunda:connectorId>http-connector</camunda:connectorId>
        </camunda:connector>
      </bpmn:extensionElements>
      <bpmn:incoming>Flow_13wi79n</bpmn:incoming>
      <bpmn:outgoing>Flow_0cobpk4</bpmn:outgoing>
    </bpmn:task>

But in this implementation I don’t have response variable in next service task (process instance variables tab is empty)

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Is it possible to move all configs not only for connector but in general with other elements
to template
If yes what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

Kr,
Mark

Working Solution

[
    {
        "name": "Get weather data",
        "id": "my.connector.http.get.weather",
        "appliesTo": [
            "bpmn:ServiceTask"
        ],
        "properties": [],
        "scopes": {
            "camunda:Connector": {
                "properties": [
                    {
                        "label": "ConnectorId",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "http-connector",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "property",
                            "name": "connectorId"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "label": "Method",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "GET",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "camunda:inputParameter",
                            "name": "method"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "label": "URL",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "http://dummy.restapiexample.com/api/v1/employee/1",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "camunda:inputParameter",
                            "name": "url"
                        }
                    },

                    {
                        "label": "Response",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "response",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "camunda:outputParameter",
                            "source": "S(response).prop('data')",
                            "scriptFormat": "JavaScript"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    }
]
2

Hi Mark,

Your template looks good to me, but you might need to escape your OutputParameter-Script ( \ " )
Additionally I recommend to format your posts here according to the style-guidlines (e.g. code-tags ` ` ` for your xml/json) to make your questions more readable.

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Hi @KeyKon

Thank you for you response.
I updated my main message with correct styles.
I tried you suggestion:

 <camunda:script scriptFormat="JavaScript">\S(response).prop('data')</camunda:script>

But it didn’t help, also one another approach with script which also didn’t help
I also double checked if it do api call and yes it do
So connector has a response but still didn’t bind it to property

Kr,
Mark

4

Hm, I wonder if the problem might be that your template refers to all bpmn.Task instead of just bpmn.ServiceTask

Did you already try this:

"appliesTo": [
      "bpmn:ServiceTask"
]
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Yes, now it work’s

Thank you.

Working Solution

[
    {
        "name": "Get weather data",
        "id": "my.connector.http.get.weather",
        "appliesTo": [
            "bpmn:ServiceTask"
        ],
        "properties": [],
        "scopes": {
            "camunda:Connector": {
                "properties": [
                    {
                        "label": "ConnectorId",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "http-connector",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "property",
                            "name": "connectorId"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "label": "Method",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "GET",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "camunda:inputParameter",
                            "name": "method"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "label": "URL",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "http://dummy.restapiexample.com/api/v1/employee/1",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "camunda:inputParameter",
                            "name": "url"
                        }
                    },

                    {
                        "label": "Response",
                        "type": "String",
                        "value": "response",
                        "binding": {
                            "type": "camunda:outputParameter",
                            "source": "S(response).prop('data')",
                            "scriptFormat": "JavaScript"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    }
]
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