Hi,

I am doing some data collection using umbraco forms and sending the collected data to a 3rd party using a custom workflow type, executed on submit.

The 3rd party service, can however not be trusted to have the same uptime / reliability as the Umbraco site on which the data is collected.

I have therefore begun implementing a retry routine which should be able to re-execute failed workflows.

This work has now come across an obstacle:

I am not able to identify the executing workflow from my workflow type

On the workflow type, there is a property called Workflow. However, this property is null, unless the LoadSettings method is called. This method, takes a workflow, which i cannot get.

The reason I need the workflow, is that I need the settings and a form could have multiple workflows of the same type with different settings, where one could execute without errors and the other could fail. I need to only execute the one that failed.

I am using Umbraco 7.2.8 and Umbraco Forms 4.1.4

My code so far, non essentials removed:

public class ThirdPartySenderWorkFlowType : WorkflowType
{
    public static Guid ID = new Guid("eead7e12-89c5-4d77-956e-ae27ce15d178");

    public ThirdPartySenderWorkFlowType()
    {
        this.Name = "Send data + PDF to 3rd party";
        this.Id = ID;
        this.Description = "Sending data to 3rd party";
    }

    public override Umbraco.Forms.Core.Enums.WorkflowExecutionStatus Execute(Record record, RecordEventArgs e)
    {
        // ... Fetch data collection settings.

        // ... Generate PDF

        if (hasFile)
        {
            // ... Send PDF
            if (!ufr.IsSuccess) // ... if PDF send failed
            {
                repo.RegisterFailedCompletionAttempt(flow, Workflow.Id, save: false);
                return Umbraco.Forms.Core.Enums.WorkflowExecutionStatus.Failed;
            }
        }

        // ... Create data document

        // ... Save data document data to local DB.

        if (createDocumentResult.IsSuccess)
        {
            repo.CompleteFlow(flow, Workflow.Id, save: false);
        }
        else
        {
            repo.RegisterFailedCompletionAttempt(flow, Workflow.Id, save: false);
        }

        return Umbraco.Forms.Core.Enums.WorkflowExecutionStatus.Completed;
    }

    public override List<Exception> ValidateSettings()
    {
        var errors = new List<Exception>();
        return errors;
    }
}