I am trying to create a custom workflow in Windchill 9.1. I want to have a decision made that will cause the workflow to travel one path or the other for a few items, merge back together for the next few items, then split for the last item based on the earlier decision. I think I can do it with Execute Expression Robots and variables. Any one out there able to help with the scripting, or perhaps suggest a better way.
Currently I use two consecutive workflows, but much of the information requested in the first, is also requested in the second. This means the initiator not only has to initiate two workflows, but also re-enter information that was previously entered in the first workflow. Being able to start one workflow, have the user choose a path and later use that same choice to determine the direction to take on the next fork, would greatly help ease user adoption to the system we've just begun to use.
ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Accepted Solutions
1) Create a variable in the workflow of type boolean.
2) Write your question name in the display name of that variable.
3) Add this variable to the activity you want, where it will be answered.(Will be ticked if yes)
4) Now the answer i.e. Yes or No will be saved in the boolean variable.
5) When you want to use it for further routing you can put a conditional block-
Select the Routing type- Conditional.
The Code is-
if(Userip.equals("Inhouse"))
result="Production";
else if(Userip.equals("Outsourced"))
result="Procurement";
else
result="Both";
6) Here Userip is my variable Name.
And the options provided in result should be provided in Roting Events.
1) You can create a variable in your workflow eg-IBAValue_EnggFuntion and use the below code to get the attributes of Primary buisness object. The first line of the code depends on the type of your buisness object in this case it is a problem report. In the code below the ViewByPath given is "Engineering_Function", this is the name of the attribute whose value you want to capture.
2) Once you get the attribute value in your workflow variable you can use that variable in conditional connector to route the process.
/*************Code**********************/
wt.change2. WTChangeIssue cm1 = (wt.change2.WTChangeIssue) primaryBusinessObject;
wt.iba.value.IBAHolder ibaHolder1 = (wt.iba.value.IBAHolder)cm1;
ibaHolder1 =wt.iba.value.service.IBAValueHelper.service.refreshAttributeContainer(ibaHolder1, null, null, null);
wt.iba.value.DefaultAttributeContainer attributeContainer =(wt.iba.value.DefaultAttributeContainer) ibaHolder1.getAttributeContainer();
wt.iba.definition.service.StandardIBADefinitionService defService = new wt.iba.definition.service.StandardIBADefinitionService();
wt.iba.definition.litedefinition.AttributeDefDefaultView attributeDefinition = defService.getAttributeDefDefaultViewByPath("Engineering_Function");
wt.iba.value.litevalue.AbstractValueView svc = attributeContainer.getAttributeValues(attributeDefinition)[0];
IBAValue_EnggFuntion = svc.getLocalizedDisplayString();
You can define the variable globally by defining it in properties, when you edit a workflow template.
I have attached the screenshots..
Thanks. I had already spent some 
a lot of 
time doing research and found this answer, but at least I know that someone else is willing to help.
I now have a variable that I can reset and call in conditional routing, however, for some reason, I still can't get the routing to vary.
I created a boolean, and if its true I go one direction and all else I go another. I think I have the coding wrong somehow, as no matter what I choose, it only goes one direction.
code:
if(test=true)
result="R&D"
else
result="Released"
if test is checked or unchecked in the activity set to change it, it still only goes to R&D, if I change true to false, it only goes to Released. I even view test in the activities following the change to ensure it has not changed.
The following image is the resulting workflow. The resultant ZIP is posted to allow others to view the coding.
