User Assignment

Step Plugin for Assigning Tasks to Users

Overview

Name	Wert
Identifier	intranda_step_user_assignment
Repository	https://github.com/intranda/goobi-plugin-step-user-assignment
Licence	GPL 2.0 or newer
Last change	24.08.2024 15:17:37

Introduction

This documentation explains the plugin used for assigning users to specific tasks within the workflow.

Installation

To be able to use the plugin, the following files must be installed:

/opt/digiverso/goobi/plugins/step/plugin-step-user-assignment-base.jar
/opt/digiverso/goobi/config/plugin_intranda_step_user_assignment.xml

To use the plugin, it must be selected in a workflow step:

Configuration of the workflow step for using the plugin

After executing the plugin, the plugin interface will appear as follows:

Assigning users to tasks

Overview and functionality

First, the respective individual values must be entered in the configuration file. Afterward, the plugin can be executed. It initially collects all specified parameters and then loads all users. These users can then be assigned tasks within the plugin's user interface.

Configuration

The plugin is configured in the file plugin_intranda_step_user_assignment.xml as shown here:

<config_plugin>
	<config>
		<!-- which process template name (can be more then one, otherwise use *) -->
		<workflow>Book workflow</workflow>
		<!-- configure the step name where the assignement shall be done (e.g. user assignement step) -->
		<assignmentStep>Decider step</assignmentStep>
		<!-- configure the step name for which the users shall be assigned (e.g. Scanning)-->
		<targetStep>Scanning</targetStep>
	</config>
	
	<config>
		<workflow>Archive workflow</workflow>
		<assignmentStep>Scanning decision step</assignmentStep>
		<targetStep>Book scanning</targetStep>
	</config>
	
	<config>
		<workflow>Archive workflow</workflow>
		<assignmentStep>QA decision step</assignmentStep>
		<targetStep>Final QA</targetStep>
	</config>
	
	<config>
		<workflow>Other workflow</workflow>
		<assignmentStep>Scanning decision step</assignmentStep>
		<targetStep>Scanning</targetStep>
	</config>
	
</config_plugin>

General parameters

The <config> block can occur repeatedly for different projects or work steps in order to be able to perform different actions within different workflows. The other parameters within this configuration file have the following meanings:

Parameter	Explanation
project	This parameter defines which project the current block <config> should apply to. The name of the project is used here. This parameter can occur several times per <config> block.
step	This parameter controls which work steps the <config> block should apply to. The name of the work step is used here. This parameter can occur several times per <config> block.

Further parameters

In addition to these general parameters, the following parameters are available for further configuration:

Parameter	Explanation
workflow	The name of the production template being used.
assignmentStep	The workflow step where the plugin activates to assign users for the next step (targetStep).
targetStep	The workflow step to which the user is assigned.