Passing item attributes

Question

Hello
I'm trying to pass an item attribute (text) to another item/type process, and i'm raising an event to do this
Workflow 1 = has a raise of an event
Workflow 2 = starts with a receiving event of the raised event of workflow 1.
I tried to pass a parameter, by, in the first workflow, adding the parameter to the parameter list in the event, before raising the event (by an action in the flow, and not by a pl/sql procedure).
In the documentation it says that : "When a business event message starts or continues a workflow process, the entire contents of the varying array are created as item attributes."
But this is not the case. When starting workflow 2, the added parameter is not created as an attribute.
When you define an attribute on the raising event, then it is created in the workflow 2 as an attribute, but passing it using the event object does not work.
Is there any sample code of how to add a parameter to the event object of the current process ?
Chris.

Answer 1

Chris,
The issue here is that when raising an event using the event activity, you dont actually pass the WF_EVENT_T structure. You set up the event name, event key and event data. In Workflow 2.6.2, it is possible to create activity attributes for the Raise Event Activity which map to the parameter list, so if you want to raise an event using the workflow activity and want to pass on a parameter list, you will need to create activity attributes.