Form field won't be provided as a process variable when it is referenced as the business-key in a generated task form

[timstawowski]

Environment (Required on creation)

• Camunda-BPM-EE: v7.20.4
• Camunda Modeler: v5.22

Description (Required on creation; please attach any relevant screenshots, stacktraces, log files, etc. to the ticket)

When starting a process via Tasklist which has a form type "Generated Task Forms" on the start-event, a created form field which is also used as the business-key won't be provided as a process variable.

Steps to reproduce (Required on creation)

1. Create a C7 .bpmn file, like:
2. Deploy the process.
3. Start process via Tasklist.
4. Created form field will be used as business-key but will not create a process-variable.

Observed Behavior (Required on creation)

• When another form field is created, the new form field will produce a process-variable.
• When the business-key attribute is unset, all form fields will be populated as a process variable.

Expected behavior (Required on creation)

All created form fields will be provided as a process-variable, regardless if one of them is also referenced as the business-key.

Root Cause (Required on prioritization)

Solution Ideas

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The XML produced by the Camunda Modeler looks fine. So I assume this has to be something to do with the engine.

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[tasso94]

Hi @timstawowski,

Not adding a variable to the scope when the form field is referenced as business key is expected behavior since the data would be redundantly available in the process.

As a workaround in your case, can you set the business key as a variable via execution listener?

If not, I see your desired behavior as a feature request, and we would need to make this configurable.

Best, Tassilo

[timstawowski]

Hi @tasso94,

thanks for your reply. Sorry, I didn't know about this being working as expected. I find it a bit confusing to be honest, because the modeler as well tells me that I can expect the form field as process variable, even when it is referenced as the business-key.

I get the point of trying to avoid duplicate data, but in my opinion the business-key configuration should not have any impact of the availability of a process variable.

[tasso94]

Hi @timstawowski,

We got feedback in the past from other users that the current behavior is expected. See https://jira.camunda.com/browse/CAM-7551

The guidance of the Camunda Modeler may not be helpful in this case. Do you want to bring this up with the Modeler team? https://github.com/camunda/camunda-modeler/issues/new?assignees=&labels=bug&projects=&template=BUG_REPORT.yml

Best, Tassilo

[timstawowski]

Hey @tasso94,

thanks for the links and yes I will hand this over to the Modeler team. I will close that issue.