Questions about the ELSA workflows library for .NET Standard: https://elsa-workflows.github.io/elsa-core/
Questions tagged [elsa-workflows]
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Elsa Workflows for the enterprise
I about to embark on a new project in my company. I work in an enterprise that is highly governed by standards and best practices. We have Kofax TotalAgility already deployed. I'm trying to use Elsa as a lightweight alternative to Kofax which is…

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Elsa Workflow - How to implement cascade dropdown
I have two dropdowns in an activity. One of them it's populated dynamically from OptionsProvider attribute.
I would to like to populate a second dropdown from the first one.
How to get that?
Regards,
Gustavo

Gustavo Arriola
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How to get the user's identity in Elsa Workflows?
I set up Elsa Workflows Core in an ASP.NET Core app, with authentication for HTTP requests.
I have an HttpEndpoint activity, authentication is enforced, but I can't see any way to obtain the user's identity within the workflow.
The HttpContext…

limos
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ELSA Workflow vs Durable Task Framework
My current understanding is that Durable Task Framework (https://github.com/Azure/durabletask) is the building block used by Azure Durable Functions to implement business orchestration (workflows). I am just curious if anyone has compared this…

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Elsa Workflow - Fork (Control Flow)
Could someone please explain how Fork from Elsa Workflow works?
I have set up HTTP Endpoint. After that I send HTTP Request and I get HTTP Response in JSON format.
I want to set condition on that response (for example name='John') so that I could…

NikolaCSI
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How to add authentication to ELSA dashboard?
Can anyone guide me on how can we add authentication to Elsa's dashboard? Right now, anonymous users can see the workflows and create. I want to restrict this behavior to specific users?

Rafaqat Ali
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ASP.NET 5 - TypeLoadException - Could not load type 'WebAssembly.JSInterop.JSCallInfo' from assembly 'Microsoft.JSInterop.WebAssembly
I have created a new ASP.NET 5 MVC web application which hosts a razor class library with some .net blazor wasm components and a 3rd party library called Elsa. Everything seems to work OK, however when I try to load the Elsa homepage I get the…

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How to setup Elsa workflow designer in a React Typescript application?
I created a React Typescript application, using the CRA scaffolding.
npx create-react-app react-app-with-elsa --template typescript
Then, I'd like to add Elsa Workflow Designer (without linking the CDN scripts at runtime).
I attempted to follow the…

Starnuto di topo
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Pass User-defined parameter in Elsa WorkFlow
I want to pass project_Cost (input parameter) in this Elsa WorkFlow Builder APi
public void Build(IWorkflowBuilder builder , int project_Cost)
{
}
Currently, it's giving an error because Build method doesn't have a second user-defined input…

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Elsa 2 Workflow ForEach Iterator variable
I need to create a workflow inside my project. So I added Elsa (2.5) Workflow Engine and started with the workflow designer. Now I need to add a for each loop and access the iterator variable.
Question: How do I access the current iterating…

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What is the best workflow engine for ASP.NET Core project
We are evaluating and looking for a workflow engine which support .NET-Core and I'd really appreciate the community input. I would like to hear on the suggestion based on your guys implementation stories.
My main evaluation criteria, so far, are…

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Elsa workflows from client apps
I am considering using the Elsa workflows for a project, but I couldn't find any examples or documentation on how to use it in client applications (xamarin.forms/blazor wasm). My idea idea is to basically define workflows that include also screen…

Martin Jakubéci
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Access json $values variable with Elsa Workflow designer
I have this json object saved to a variable in elsa workflow designer.
{
"users": {
"$type": "System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[System.Object, System.Private.CoreLib]], System.Private.CoreLib",
"$values": [
{
"$id": "3",
…

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How to execute programmatic workflows in Elsa Workflow
I have programmatically created Workflow Json say Pipe1, I want to know how I can execute it like other workflows that we create using Elsa Dashboard by clicking on execute button.
Usually, it hits URL like /WorkflowName/execute, but this is not…

Kanak Sharma
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Elsa Workflow - It possible to re-execute a workflow from a specific custom activity?
I would need to integrate the functionality to backtrack and re-execute the workflow from a specific custom activity, according to you is it possible to do this ?
Where can I find references about this ?
Example of the desired…

Massimiliano Sorce
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