Assign Web Dynpro-component to BPM task: Component not found in Task Editor

[Former Member]

Hello everyone,

I was working at the  simple BPM-beginner-tutorial "my name age" and was facing the following problem. Maybe some other beginner like me will face the same (kinda addlepated) problem, so I want to share my simple solution.

What so far I had done:

I created a process "MyNameAge" and two Web Dynpro components "FilMyNameAgeComp" and "DisplayMyNameAgeComp".

I added both to the public part "API".

I built the UI component (though I forgot on which point) successfully.

I referenced the WD-DC as a dependency to the process DC.

I created two tasks "FillMaNameAge" and "DisplayMyNameAge" in the process.

The problem:

In the task editor I wanted to assign a user interface to the task. I pressed "Choose...", then selected "Online Technologies", in the next page selected "Web Dynpro Java), checked "Show supported components only" and pressed "Search".

No UI component was found. Though I didn't forget any step of the manual.

My solution:

I found the problem was that I actually had altered something small in the WD components. Thus in the "Component Browser" on my Ui project there was a little * on it, which means "modyfied locally, rebuild needed".

Then I right-clicked on my UI-component and selected "Sync/Create Project" --> "Sync Used DCs" . After it was done the * vanished and I could choose the UI components in the task editor.

I hope this will help others, too.

Regards,
Jana

[Jocelyn_Dart]

Thanks for sharing Jana
Yes some of these development infrastructure flags are disconcerting if you are not used to the NWDS.

I hope you've also tried generating  a WDJ or VC task which is much easier.

But it's always good to understand how the UI applications communicate with BPM.

All the best with your learning.

Regards,

Jocelyn