Modeler to list topics based on external workers?

BPMN & Modeling Discussion & Questions
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Hi. I’m evaluating Camunda and looking at the quick-start guide. There, one sets the topic first in the Modeler and then creates a worker listening for that topic.

Is there a way have the Modeler know about the available topics based on what workers are listening or available at a specific engine endpoint?

Context:
I have multiple users creating and submitting BPMNs to an engine, for which they’d use the desktop Modeler application. No collaboration between users are needed. Instead of having them remember all the available topics, they want pick topics from a list. Given that topics may change over time, is it possible to tell the Modeler about this list, preferably by querying the engine itself?

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No.
But you can copy/paste elements with properties including topic names.

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Hi @David_Karnok,

have a look at element templates. Here you can provide values to select from. Use Element Templates to Extend the Modeler | docs.camunda.org

In the enterprise version of Cawemo, you can maintain and distribute the element templates to the modelers: Templates | docs.camunda.org

Hope this helps, Ingo

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