5.5

Access the Current Workflow Token
You can access the current workflow token by using the workflow variable. It is an object of type
WorkflowToken that provides access to the current workflow run. The following JavaScript example gets the
ID of the workflow token and its start date.
System.log("Current workflow run ID: " + workflow.id);
System.log("Current workflow run start date: "+workflow.startDate);
Schedule a Workflow
The following JavaScript example starts a workflow with a given set of properties, and then schedules it to
start one hour later.
var workflowToLaunch = myWorkflow ;
// create parameters
var workflowParameters = new Properties() ;
workflowParameters.put("name","John Doe") ;
// change the task name
workflowParameters.put("__taskName","Workflow for John Doe") ;
// create scheduling date one hour in the future
var workflowScheduleDate = new Date() ;
var time = workflowScheduleDate.getTime() + (60*60*1000) ;
workflowScheduleDate.setTime(time) ; var scheduledTask =
workflowToLaunch.schedule(workflowParameters,workflowScheduleDate);
Run a Workflow on a Selection of Objects in a Loop
The following JavaScript example takes the array of virtual machines and runs a workflow on each one in a
For loop. VMs and workflowToRun are workflow inputs.
var len=VMs.length;
for (var i=0; i < len; i++ )
{
var VM = VMs[i];
//var workflowToLaunch = Server.getWorkflowWithId("workflowId");
var workflowToLaunch = workflowToRun;
if (workflowToLaunch == null) {
throw "Workflow not found";
}
var workflowParameters = new Properties();
workflowParameters.put("vm",VM);
var wfToken = workflowToLaunch.execute(workflowParameters);
System.log ("Ran workflow on " +VM.name);
}
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