Form values

The form properties were the default way of configuring a user task in the deprecated Flowable Eclipse Designer. For backwards compatibility, the Workflow Designer supports all form properties but you should use form references to design your user tasks and take advantage of the enhanced configuration options that they offer.

Form values determine how a drop-down form property is used. You can also use form values to include help text to help the user understand what is being asked for with a specific form property.

You enter these attributes in the Form values section of a Custom form property type.

Id Description
defaultFromResource

Determines the default value.

Possible values:

  • true: The default value is the ID of the currently displayed resource.
  • false: The default value is not the ID of the currently displayed resource.
multiValue

Determines if the user can enter multiple values.

Possible values:

  • true: The user can enter multiple values.
  • false: The user cannot enter multiple values. This is the default setting.
proposedFixed

Determines if the user can select other values than the suggested ones.

Possible values:

  • true: The user cannot enter other values than the suggested ones.
  • false: The user can enter other values than the suggested ones.

Use only in conjunction with proposedValues.
proposedValues

Determines which values are suggested to the user.

Possible values: resource IDs

Use only in conjunction with proposedFixed.

For a single value form, when the list of proposed values returns 10 or more items, the form adds a search box above the returned results.

Asset drop-down form

You can restrict the assets that will appear in a drop-down list based on the communities or domains to which the assets belong and the status of the assets.

Id Description
communityId Restricts the assets to those that belong to specific communities, as determined by the community ID(s) you enter.
conceptType Determines the asset types of the values in the drop-down list. The Name field contains the ID of an asset type. The drop-down values are all of the type of the provided asset type ID or of its subtypes.
domainId

Restricts the assets to those that belong to specific domains, as determined by the domain ID(s) you enter.
statusId

Restricts the assets to those that have specific statuses, as determined by the status ID(s) you enter.

Help text

Id Description
helpText

Displays help text directly below the form property.

Free text, including:

  • Maximum of 255 characters, with special characters.
  • Simple HTML styling (no JavaScript).
  • Hyperlinks.

Applicable to all form property types except the following:

  • enumeration
  • checkbox
  • radio button

Although not applicable to the three aforementioned static property types, it is applicable to the dynamic equivalents: dynamicEnum, dynamicCheckbox and dynamicRadiobox.