processBusinessKey available in expression but not in code

Camunda 7 Topics Discussion & Questions
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When I pass the processBusinessKey like this:

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I get a string like ProcessInstance[“d975ed7f-fb34-4325-8d84-eca8e7e3a127”]

If I pass just “execution”, execution.processBusinessKey is null, though (although processInstance.toString() has the same value, ideally I’d like to use processBusinessKey). Any thoughts on why processBusinessKey is null or what I’m missing?

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Hi @marko.galesic,

where do you use the expression?

The expression language uses the DelegateExecution interface, you could try to use execution.getProcessBusinessKey() to access the current businessKey (if a businessKey is set before).

Hope this helps, Ingo

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Hi @Ingo_Richtsmeier ,

I should have clarified. I’m using Kotlin instead of Java, where execution.processBusinessKey gets translated to execution.getProcessBusinessKey()

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