Custom Task Node is not displayed under palette when creating a WID for JBoss BPM Suite 6.3 in JBDS 9.1

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Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite (BPMS) 6.3.x
  • Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio (JBDS) 9.1

Issue

  • When a Work Item Definition (WID) file is created as mentioned in User Guide - Domain-specific tasks for JBDS the Custom Task Node is not showing up in the palette.
  • Custom Task Node is not displayed under palette when creating a WID for BPM Suite 6.3 in JBDS 9.1

Resolution

Please make sure you have added an icon parameter to the WID file and they are placed in $PROJECT_HOME/src/main/resources/icons;

[
"name" : "Google Calendar",
"description" : "Create a meeting in Google Calendar",
"version" : "1.0",
"parameters" : [
    "FilePath" : new StringDataType(),
    "User" : new StringDataType(),
    "Password" : new StringDataType(),
    "Body" : new StringDataType()
],
"displayName" : "Google Calendar",
"icon" : "calendar.gif",
]

Refers to the User Guide - Domain-specific tasks for further information.

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