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  1. Red Hat Process Automation Manager
  2. RHPAM-3843

[Stunner] Add output mapping expression

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    Description

      BAPL-1727 introduces MVEL expressions to update a specific field of a process variable. 

      The current BPMN Editor let the user define a free expression like in the following Screenshot:

      Output data assignment

      The BPMN output is:

      <bpmn2:dataOutputAssociation>
  <bpmn2:sourceRef>_24F9FADA-068E-4194-8B94-B523520CFDFF_aOutputX</bpmn2:sourceRef>
  <bpmn2:assignment>
    <bpmn2:from xsi:type="bpmn2:tFormalExpression"><![CDATA[_24F9FADA-068E-4194-8B94-B523520CFDFF_aOutputX]]></bpmn2:from>
    <bpmn2:to xsi:type="bpmn2:tFormalExpression"><![CDATA[#{test.prop}]]></bpmn2:to>
  </bpmn2:assignment>
</bpmn2:dataOutputAssociation>

       According the following comment it's wrong from BPMN spec perspective:

      https://issues.redhat.com/browse/BAPL-1727?focusedCommentId=15562175&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-15562175

      This is the desired outcome:

      <bpmn2:dataOutputAssociation>
  <bpmn2:sourceRef>_24F9FADA-068E-4194-8B94-B523520CFDFF_aOutputX</bpmn2:sourceRef>
  <bpmn2:targetRef>test</bpmn2:targetRef>
  <bpmn2:assignment>
    <bpmn2:from xsi:type="bpmn2:tFormalExpression"><![CDATA[_24F9FADA-068E-4194-8B94-B523520CFDFF_aOutputX]]></bpmn2:from>
    <bpmn2:to xsi:type="bpmn2:tFormalExpression"><![CDATA[#{test.prop}]]></bpmn2:to>
  </bpmn2:assignment>
</bpmn2:dataOutputAssociation>

      From a user perspective a desirable behavior could be:

      1. From drop down select mapping expression
      2. A new drop down list let the user select the variable
      3. A new input box let the user fill in the mapping expression this.prop

      TO BE EVALUATED Does is makes sense to ask the user to pre-pend #{ and post-pend }?

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          Bug - A problem that impairs or prevents the functions of the product. RHPAM-3849 No TargetRef when using expressions in DataInput/Output in Assignments

          • Major - To be worked after higher priority work items are addressed. When the severity is high and the effort to change it is low to moderate, this term is chosen. Issues in this category likely have an existing workaround but implementation or execution may be non-trivial.
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          Bug - A problem that impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JBPM-9856 No TargetRef when using expressions in DataInput/Output in Assignments

          • Major - To be worked after higher priority work items are addressed. When the severity is high and the effort to change it is low to moderate, this term is chosen. Issues in this category likely have an existing workaround but implementation or execution may be non-trivial.
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              trikkola Toni Rikkola
              dmarrazz@redhat.com Donato Marrazzo
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