Export Process History Plug-in

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Related topic: Plug-in Action Node - General properties and settings

The Export Process History plug-in allows you to upload a process history to SAP as an attachment.

You can save/export the process history as an attachment to any of the following: 

  • Supporting Document
  • File Library
  • System Directory
  • Form Attachment (export to SAP with a web service control)

The process history can be in the following formats: text, xml, or .pdf.

Please note that the plug-in will overwrite a file if that file already exists in a specfied destination.

Properties

Name

Description

Mandatory

Group Name

 Modes

format

Specify the format of process history file, selecting one of the following: 

  • txt
  • XML
  • PDF

Yes

 Export Format All

language

Specify the process history data language, selecting either Server or Process Originator. Note that Server is the default.

Yes

 Export Format All

param_selector

Specify the location to which you will export the process history.

Yes

 Export Destination

Supporting Documents

File Library

System Directory

Form Attachments
FileName The Export Process History file name. If not specified, the file name will be same as the process document name.   Export Destination File Name
folder The folder name of File Library into which the document is copied.   Export Destination File Library
directory

The file System Directory into which the document is copied.

Example:

Direct value: D:\Files\Public\Users\ Value from solution field: [field1]

   Export Destination System Directory
binding The attachment control binding to which the document is added.   Export Destination Form Attachments

Format Details

Information to be stored in the file, for each type of format is in the table below.

The time each process history was taken is noted at the top of each format type.

For each format, the date value is a UTC value, in this format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss

Note:

The XML tags for the XML file remain in English irrespective of the designated user language.

Format Type

Example

Text

A text (.txt) file with following data: 

Example:

XML

A text (.txt) file with following XML data: 

Example:

ProcessHistory 10/15/2020 5:02:27 PM 2020-10-15 11:32:27 2020-10-15 11:32:36 Completed End 2 End Originator 2020-10-15 11:32:36 2020-10-15 11:32:36 2020-10-16 11:32:36 Completed centraluser Approval 2 Approval ProcessOwner 2020-10-15 11:32:33 2020-10-15 11:32:36 2020-10-16 11:32:33 2020-10-15 11:32:34 Approved centraluser Approval 1

Approval ProcessOwner 2020-10-15 11:32:27 2020-10-15 11:32:33 2020-10-16 11:32:27 2020-10-15 11:32:31 Approved centraluser Start Start Originator 2020-10-15 11:32:27 2020-10-15 11:32:27 2020-10-16 11:32:27 Completed

 
PDF

A PDF (.pdf) file with following data: 

Example:

#Process history as on : 2020-10-15 11:47:40#

All the dates are in UTC with the yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss format.

Process - ProcessHistory 10/15/2020 5:05:43 PMCreation Date - 2020-10-15 11:35:43Status - Completed