Task API - Completed Tasks for Creator

Question

Hi,
I started to investigate the BPEL TaskManager Service following the Steps of Tutorial 6. That works great, no problem there.
Then I followed Tutorial 7 to invoke the BPEL process from a Java Application. That also works fine.
Finally I used the TaskManager API to retrieve all Tasks owned by a creator.
So I used the following code:
ITask[] creatorTasks = worklist.listTasksByCreator("TaskSample");
System.out.println( " **** Creator Tasks ****");
for (int j = 0; j < creatorTasks.length; j++) {
ITask thisTask = creatorTasks[j];
System.out.println("Task Title " + thisTask.getTitle() + " Status: " + thisTask.getStatus());
What happens is that the API is giving me only the tasks that are in the "Active" Status and I want also the ones that are in the "Completed" Status.
However with the following code, the completed tasks appear:
ITask[] allTasks = worklist.listTasks(1,100);
System.out.println( " **** All Tasks ****");
for (int j = 0; j < allTasks.length; j++) {
ITask thisTask = allTasks[j];
System.out.println("Task Title " + thisTask.getTitle() + " Status: " + thisTask.getStatus());
So my question is: does "listTasksByCreator" only gives the "Active" tasks or is this a bug ?
I will be waiting for your answer.
Thanks,
Claudio.

Answer 1

Hi Brooke,
I recommend to change the $item.percentcomp, $item.created, $item.status and $item.id to be like this: $item[" percentcomp"], $item[" created"], $item[" status"] and $item[" id"] in the command.
Please also make sure that the percentcomp or status is the internal name of the fields.
More reference:
SharePoint: A Complete Guide to Getting and Setting Fields using PowerShell:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20831.sharepoint-a-complete-guide-to-getting-and-setting-fields-using-powershell.aspx
Best regards.
Thanks
Victoria Xia
TechNet Community Support