Hi Rishi, I need a PGE for a following situation:
[3] When a task requires workflow context metadata and/or it generates metadata that it adds to the workflow context metadata to be used later down in the pipeline. I'm not sure how to add PGE generated metadata to the Workflow context yet. Thanks, On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Verma, Rishi (317I) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > This is something I have been wondering myself, and perhaps other > CAS-Workflow users have been wondering as well so I thought I'd put this > question out there. > > The question is: in which circumstances does it make sense to use PGEs for > representing workflow tasks? In other words, which types of situations favor > wrapping a workflow task as a PGETaskInstance versus using the generic > WorkflowTaskInstance? > > Based on my own experience with CAS-PGE, I feel it makes sense to go for > using PGEs for the following types of situations: > [1] Extensive use of external programs is required for the execution of a > workflow task > [2] Gathering products from, or ingesting products to the CAS-FileManager > is needed for the execution of a workflow task > > If there are other types of circumstances using PGEs is ideal for or if > there are other opinions out there, it would be great to hear them! > > Thanks, > Rishi -- -Sheryl
