This site has moved to the integrated Appfire documentation and information site for our apps.

From February 2024 this site is no longer updated.

Take a look here! If you have any questions please email support@appfire.com

Skip to end of metadata
Go to start of metadata

You are viewing an old version of this page. View the current version.

Compare with Current View Page History

« Previous Version 6 Next »

Overview

Different events can be used to increment a composite version number using the increment-metadata macro.

You can add a condition to a trigger to increment one element of a composite version.

In this approval workflow the approver in the Review state chooses the element of the composite version update being approved.

  • the composite version number is set as a metadata value of 1.0.0 for @current-version@ on the page creation
  • a workflow parameter @Update type@ is created with a choice of three values, one for each composite version element
  • the content review approve decision requires the setting of the @Update type@  workflow parameter value prior to the approved transition
  • the required parameter value is one of Major, Minor or Patch


  • the choice of Major, Minor or Patch parameter value acts as a condition for one of three triggers to update the appropriate metadata version component of @current-version@ using the increment-metadata macro.

Use of triggers

The workflow uses the following trigger actions

  • a pagecreated event trigger initializes a version value using set-metadata macro on the creation of the page
  • three pageapproved event triggers increment the component version value using the increment-metadata macro. Each trigger updates a different element of the composite metadata version number
  • a statechanged event trigger clears any existing value for the @Update type@ workflow parameter on a transition to the Review state

Each of the three pageapproved event triggers listen for the approval decision for the Approved content review in the Review state. But each trigger has a condition based on the type of version update set by the approver.

  • the condition is the value of the workflow parameter @Update-type@=Major or Minor or Patch

Using a set-metadata macros, values for the following metadata are also updated in each of these three triggers.

  • @last-approver@
  • @last-date@
  • @current-type@

These are displayed on the content using the pageheader macro.

You may need to refresh the page content to view changes in the displayed metadata values.

Workflow parameter value trigger condition

Major, Minor and Patch are workflow parameter values set as a list option choice for the workflow parameter @Update type@.



In the workflow popup, the reviewer is required to set this parameter value for the approve decision to take place.


The approver chooses one of Major, Minor or Patch values from the parameter value option.


Once confirmed the approved transition occurs.

Composite major-minor-patch version workflow

{workflow:name=Increment a Metadata Version conditional|label=versiontest}
    {description}
    A simple approval workflow with use of increment-metadata macro to set the version of
    of approved contentand increment the version on the approval transition.
    {description}
    {pageheader}
         |Owner|@creator@|
         |Version|@current-version@|
         |Latest update|@current-type@ on @last-date@ by @last-approver@|
    {pageheader}
    {workflowparameter:Update type|description=Please, select the update type: Major (x.0.0), Minor (0.x.0), Patch (0.0.x)|type=list|options=Major,Minor,Patch|edit=true}
    {workflowparameter}
    {state:Review|approved=Approved|rejected=Rejected|taskable=true}
         {approval:Please review the content}
    {state}
    {state:Rejected|submit=Review|taskable=true|colour=#FF5630}
    {state}
    {state:Approved|final=true|updated=Review|hideselection=true|requiredparams=Update type}
   {state}
   {trigger:pagecreated}
       {set-metadata:current-version}1.0.0{set-metadata}
   {trigger}
   {trigger:statechanged|state=Review}
       {set-metadata:Update type}{set-metadata}
   {trigger}
   {trigger:pageapproved|approval=Please review the content|@Update type@=Major}
       {increment-metadata:current-version|increment=1.0.0}
       {set-metadata:current-type}Major update{set-metadata}
       {set-metadata:last-date}@date@{set-metadata}
       {set-metadata:last-approver}@user@{set-metadata}
  {trigger}
  {trigger:pageapproved|approval=Please review the content|@Update type@=Minor}
       {increment-metadata:current-version|increment=0.1.0}
       {set-metadata:current-type}Minor update{set-metadata}
       {set-metadata:last-date}@date@{set-metadata}
       {set-metadata:last-approver}@user@{set-metadata}
  {trigger}
  {trigger:pageapproved|approval=Please review the content|@Update type@=Patch}
      {increment-metadata:current-version|increment=0.0.1}
      {set-metadata:current-type}Patching update{set-metadata}
      {set-metadata:last-date}@date@{set-metadata}
      {set-metadata:last-approver}@user@{set-metadata}
   {trigger}
{workflow}



Here's how each trigger action works

Trigger EventAction macroNotes
pagecreated{set-metadata}
  •  sets the metadata current-version and initializes the value to 1.0.0 on the creation of the page
  • metadata displayed on the page using {pageheader} macro
  • only occurs if the workflow is applied in space mode

pageapproved|...@Update-type@=Major

{increment-metadata}

{set-metadata}

  • increments the composite current-version major value by 1 each time the content is approved, the approver sets the required parameter value to Major and transitions to Approved
  • minor and patch value are reset to zero
  • three separate set-metadata action macros update values for each of the following metadata
    • @last-approver@
    • @last-date@
    • @current-type@


pageapproved|...@Update-type@=Minor

{increment-metadata}

{set-metadata}

  • increments the composite current-version minor value by 1 each time the content is approved, the approver sets the required parameter value to Minor and transitions to Approved
  • patch value is reset to zero
  • three separate set-metadata action macros update values for each of the following metadata
    • @last-approver@
    • @last-date@
    • @current-type@

pageapproved|...@Update-type@=Patch

{increment-metadata}

{set-metadata}

  • increments the composite current-version patch value by 1 each time the content is approved, the approver sets the required parameter value to Patch and transitions to Approved
  • three separate set-metadata action macros update values for each of the following metadata
    • @last-approver@
    • @last-date@
    • @current-type@

statechanged|state=Review{set-metadata}
  • clears the value of the workflow parameter @Update type@ on transition to the Review state
  • {set-metadata :Update type} action macro with empty body clears any value for the workflow parameter


Only the approved transition to the Approved state will update the metadata version in this example.







  • No labels