Dear community,
I wanted to customise an element template for a connector, which perfectly works for intermediate throw message events. I updated the element template json to also allow for end events. However, it seems that it is not possible to select element templates for end events. Am I doing something wrong or is there a reason why this does not work? From a technical perspective it shouldn’t matter as in both cases (i.e. intermediate throw and end throw) work in the same way. Both have a zeebe:taskDefinition:type
I know, I can just place an event before the end event. However, this is a workaround and I do not like it.
Any hints are appreciated.
@philipp.hehnle In Camunda 8, Element Templates are primarily designed for tasks like Service Tasks and User Tasks, and not all BPMN elements are supported. According to the official documentation
- Element templates can be applied to BPMN elements listed in the
appliesTo array of the template definition.
- Common supported types include
bpmn:ServiceTask, bpmn:UserTask, and similar task-related elements.
- End Events, including Terminate End Events, are not typically supported for element templates.
This means that while you can model End Events in Camunda 8 (including Terminate End Events from version 8.1 onward), you cannot currently apply element templates to them.
@aravindhrs thank you for your reply.
For me this feels like a missing feature as send end events can be implemented using a Worker like any other elements as well.
Therefore, it just would be consistent to allow for the usage of element templates at end events as well. Don’t you think?
