A process definition is a description of an execution flow in terms of activities. New processes are created and started
for a process definition.
To see documentation for methods on this entity, and to try them out on our online REST API explorer, go to https://api-explorer.alfresco.com/api-explorer/#/process-definitions. If you have the REST API explorer running locally, then go to http://localhost:8080/api-explorer#/process-definitions.
Process definition object
| Property | Type | JSON Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | id | String | The unique id of this process definition |
| key | String | String | The key of this process definition |
| Version | Number | Nunber | For process definitions with the same key, this is the version number |
| name | String | String | The name of this process definition |
| category | String | String | The category to which this process definition belongs |
| deploymentId | String | String | The deployment of which this process definition is a part |
| title | String | String | The title of this process definition |
| Description | String | String | The description of this process definition |
| startFormResourceKey | String | String | The start form key |
| graphicNotationDefined | Boolean | Boolean |
Example of a process definition object
{
"id": "financialReport:1",
"key": "financialReport",
"version": 1,
"name": "April financial report",
"category": "com.acme.financial",
"deploymentId": "123",
"title": "Financial report of the month April",
"description": "Sample description",
"startFormResourceKey": "wf:adhocTask",
"graphicNotationDefined": true
}