Create Closed Child Specification (DriveWorks Documentation)

Create Closed Child Specification

The Create Closed Child Specification task will create a Child Specification and Transition it using the given Transition.

Create Closed Child Specification will create the Child Specification without showing the Child Projects user interface.

The invoked Transition must be available from the Initial State in the Child Project Specification Flow.

Ensure that the DriveWorks user creating the Closed Child Specification has permissions to the relevant State and Transition in the Child Project.

Properties

Property Name	Description
Child Specification List	The name of the Child Specification List that you wish to start a new Specification on.
Child Transition Name	The name of the Transition to invoke on the Child Specification. This will put the Specification in the desired creation State.
Project Name	The name of the Project that you wish to use for the new Specification.
Title	Changes the Title (not the name) of the Task.

Outputs

This task has different types of Outputs. For more information about Outputs see Specification Macros Task Node.

Outputs are only available within Specification Macros. Currently Outputs are not available Specification Flow.

Data Outputs

Output Name	Description
Created Id	The Id of the created Specification.

Status Outputs

This task supports Status Outputs. These can be used to perform different actions depending on what the status outcome of the task is. For more information see Status Outputs in the Task Node Outputs section of Specification Macros Task Node.

The status output navigation is as follows:

Success

Successfully created child Specification and invoked Transition.

Success with Warnings

N/A - should never be fulfilled

Failed(One of the following occured)

No child Specification was specified.
No Project name was specified.
No Transition name was specified.
Child Specification list could not be found with the name provided.
Project is not available - (please check user permissions).
Couldn't find Transition to invoke on child Specification
Unable to invoke Transition as it is not enabled
General error - see the Specification report for more information.

Example

When this task is added the properties are static by default.
See How To: Change A Static Property To A Dynamic Property to enable rules to be built on these properties.

Property	Example Rule	Example Result	Meaning
Child Specification List	DWVariableChildSpecListName	Contract Items	The name of the Child Specification List that you wish to start a new Specification on. Must result in a valid control name.
Child Transition Name	If(DWVariableChildSpecListName = "Contract Items","Send for approval","Release")	Send for approval	The name of the Transition to invoke on the Child Specification. This will put the Specification in the desired creation State.
Project Name	"Door Project"	Door Project	The exact name of the project that you wish to use for the new specification.

The Output results for the example would be:

Output Name	Output Value
Created Id	12

Where 12 is the next available Specification Id.

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Closed Child Specification

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