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Filled Workflow Data Structures

These workflow data structures are objects that Enterprise Architect fills.

Workflow Data Structure

Description

Calls

See also

WorkflowUser

This object provides information about the user currently logged in to the model.

It is filled by Enterprise Architect before any function is called by Enterprise Architect; it has the following properties:

•Username - the username for login to the system (if using Windows Authentication, this matches the Windows username)
•Firstname - as found in the Security Users dialog
•Surname - as found in the Security Users dialog
•Fullname - the combination <Firstname> <Surname> (the form Enterprise Architect uses for Author fields and similar)

 

This object calls the IsMemberOf(GroupName) function (see below).

Maintain Users

WorkflowContext

This object provides information about the object currently in context.

It is filled by Enterprise Architect before any searches except GetWorkflowTasks are run; it has the following properties:

•MetaType - the type of the current object, either an Enterprise Architect core type or a profile-specified metatype
•Name - as found in the object Properties dialog
•Status - as found in the object Properties dialog
•Phase - as found in the object Properties dialog
•Version - as found in the object Properties dialog
•Stereotypes - an array of strings for the stereotypes applied to this object
•Tags - an array of Tagged Values, providing:
•Name - the Tagged Value name
•Value - the Tagged Value value
•Tests - an array of tests; only filled during an Allow* call after the PreAllow* call has specified that tests are required; provides the following details, as found in the Testing window:
•Name
•Status
•RunBy
•CheckedBy
•TestClass
•TestType

 

This object calls the TagValue(TagName) function (see below).

Functions - Create a Search With User Tasks

Working on Test Records

Function

Action

Return Value

IsMemberOf(GroupName)

Check the group membership of the current user.

Returns the value True if the current user is a member of the group with the specified name.

 

TagValue(TagName)

Get the value from a named tag.

Returns the value of the first Tagged Value with that name, or an empty string if no Tagged Value with that name exists.