Hi Doug,

You can use a Data Event to save the name of the user that completed a step. As long as the event is in the same Activity as the Client event and as long as it is after the client event you will get the correct user saved.

Use the Activity Destination Instance > User > Name property and save it to a process data field.

Do this for all of your steps and you can then reuse them since process data fields are available throughout your process.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for a prompt reply..

Aren't your steps in K2 Studio though? Can I do this in the silverlight interface? I don't see any Activity Destination Instances listed in the context browser in the K2 for SharePoint designer.

Also... looking at the process in K2 Studio, I don't have a user property under the Destination branch of the XML. I only have email.

My path is  <Activity Instance Name>_Destinations > Destinations > Destination > email

Am I looking in the right place?

Ah... I was looking in the wrong place. I see it now.. In K2 Studio..

Can I access this in the silverlight K2 for Sharepoint designer?

Hi,

Because of the way the K2 Designer for SharePoint works you are not able to drop another event into a "Step" (Activity) using this designer and you would not be able to save the destination username who completed the event into a SmartObject.

You can create a data field that you display on the client page and educate the users to complete it or try to customize the page so that the data field is auto-populated with the username of the user who opens it. I don't have specific detail on how you would customize the client page, but I'm sure you can look through the documentation of other forums to gain more insight on how you would do it.

Hope this helps!

OK.. I am in K2 Studio now.

I'm writing a data event in the activity with the approval, but all I get is "k2server" for the ActivityInstanceDestUserName

Am I running into a timing issue where I can't read that field because it hasn't been updated yet? Is there a way to pause events inside an activity? Am I doing something wrong?

To answer my own question. I found a post that indicated that you had to get into the Advanced Wizard for the destinations and change it to plan per destination. This then populated the filed referenced above.. I found that it does get the username, but display name is not there. So I'll smart object look it up.

Glad you got it working.

I believe in the newer versions the Display name should actually be there. It will be called Participant Name when you drag it into your wizards.

But your way of looking it up using a SmartObject will also work just fine.