Timer isnt working, Help!

bucklao — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:43:27 GMT

Hello,I've implemented a timer in my workflow and it doesnt seem to be working. What im trying to do is when a user approves a task then it moves to the DeptHead group task. After a certain time of which there is no response an email notification gets triggered to the DeptHead group reminding them

Re: Timer isnt working, Help!

bucklao — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:30:00 GMT

Bump. Anyone?

Re: Timer isnt working, Help!

bucklao — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:19:18 GMT

Thanks for everyones help. I found the problem. :mrgreen:

Re: Timer isnt working, Help!

bucklao — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:23:00 GMT

I've had a few PM's requesting to see the working timer code. So I'm going to post my working processdefinition.xml file. If anyone is interested let me know and i can supply all the other supplemental files.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<process-definition xmlns="urn:jbpm.org:jpdl-3.1" name="scwf:POContract">
   <swimlane name="initiator" />

   <swimlane name="admin">
      <assignment class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoAssignment">
         <pooledactors>#{people.getGroup('GROUP_admin')}</pooledactors>
      </assignment>
   </swimlane>
   
   <swimlane name="deptHead">      
      <assignment class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoAssignment">
         <actor>departmentHead</actor>
      </assignment>
   </swimlane>

   <start-state name="start">
      <task name="scwf:submitReviewTask" swimlane="initiator" />
      <transition name="" to="submit"></transition>
   </start-state>
   
   <node name="submit">
      <event type="node-enter"></event>
      <transition name="" to="admin review">
      <action class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoJavaScript">
            <script>
            {
               var mail = actions.create("mail");
          mail.parameters.to = "sangbouasya@stancounty.com";
           mail.parameters.subject = "Workflow has been Submitted to Admin Group";
           mail.parameters.from = "alfresco@alfresco.com";
           mail.parameters.template = companyhome.childByNamePath("Data Dictionary/Email Templates/wf_reject_admin.ftl");
           mail.parameters.text = "some text, in case template is not found";
             mail.execute(bpm_package);
            }
            </script>
            </action>

      </transition>
   </node>
   

   <task-node name="admin review">
      <task name="scwf:adminReview" swimlane="admin" />
      <transition name="approve" to="deptHead review">
      
      <action class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoJavaScript">
            <script>
            {
               var mail = actions.create("mail");
          mail.parameters.to = "sangbouasya@stancounty.com";
           mail.parameters.subject = "Workflow has been submitted to Department Head";
           mail.parameters.from = "alfresco@alfresco.com";
           mail.parameters.template = companyhome.childByNamePath("Data Dictionary/Email Templates/wf_approval_admin.ftl");
           mail.parameters.text = "some text, in case template is not found";
             mail.execute(bpm_package);
            }
            </script>
            </action>
            
      </transition>

      <transition name="reject" to="revise">
      <action class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoJavaScript">
            <script>
            {
               var mail = actions.create("mail");
          mail.parameters.to = "sangbouasya@stancounty.com";
           mail.parameters.subject = "Workflow needs to be Revised";
           mail.parameters.from = "alfresco@alfresco.com";
           mail.parameters.template = companyhome.childByNamePath("Data Dictionary/Email Templates/wf_reject_admin.ftl");
           mail.parameters.text = "some text, in case template is not found";
             mail.execute(bpm_package);
            }
            </script>
            </action>
      </transition>

   </task-node>
   
   <task-node name="deptHead review">
      
      <task name="scwf:deptHeadReview" swimlane="deptHead">
      <timer name="sendNotification" duedate="1 minutes" repeat="1 minutes">
          <action name="sendNotification" class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoJavaScript"> 
      <script>
            {
         var mail = actions.create("mail");
          mail.parameters.to = "sangbouasya@stancounty.com";
           mail.parameters.subject = "Timer is working!!!";
           mail.parameters.from = "alfresco@alfresco.com";
           mail.parameters.template = companyhome.childByNamePath("Data Dictionary/Email Templates/wf_reject_admin.ftl");
           mail.parameters.text = "some text, in case template is not found";
             mail.execute(bpm_package);
      }
            </script>
      </action>
      </timer>
      </task>

      <transition name="approve" to="end1">
      <action class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoJavaScript">
            <script>
            {
               var mail = actions.create("mail");
          mail.parameters.to = "sangbouasya@stancounty.com";
           mail.parameters.subject = "Workflow has been Approved by the Department Head";
           mail.parameters.from = "alfresco@alfresco.com";
           mail.parameters.template = companyhome.childByNamePath("Data Dictionary/Email Templates/wf_reject_admin.ftl");
           mail.parameters.text = "some text, in case template is not found";
             mail.execute(bpm_package);
            }
            </script>
            </action>
      </transition>
      <transition name="reject" to="admin review">
      <action class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoJavaScript">
            <script>
            {
               var mail = actions.create("mail");
          mail.parameters.to = "sangbouasya@stancounty.com";
           mail.parameters.subject = "Workflow needs to be Revised by Admin Group";
           mail.parameters.from = "alfresco@alfresco.com";
           mail.parameters.template = companyhome.childByNamePath("Data Dictionary/Email Templates/wf_reject_admin.ftl");
           mail.parameters.text = "some text, in case template is not found";
             mail.execute(bpm_package);
            }
            </script>
            </action>
      </transition>

   </task-node>

   
   <task-node name="revise">
      <task name="scwf:revise" swimlane="initiator"></task>
      <transition name="submit" to="submit"></transition>
      <transition name="done" to="end1"></transition>
   </task-node>

   <end-state name="end1"></end-state>
   
</process-definition>
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Re: Timer isnt working, Help!

flaviuc — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:08:21 GMT

I want to implement an action that will send email to a group of users, if a certain type of document did not arrived into a folder (in Alfresco) after a certain amount of time. I know that Alfresco has this capability but I don't know how to implement it. Could you give me some guidelines on how to design and build this action, please? Do I need to use a work-flow or can I do it in a different way without using work-flow? Could you also tell me all the types of files that I need to write for this timer?

Thanks!

Regards,
Flaviu

Re: Timer isnt working, Help!

cheffilet — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:30:21 GMT

I want to implement an action that will send email to a group of users, if a certain type of document did not arrived into a folder (in Alfresco) after a certain amount of time.

Easily to implement with JBPM. Following code gives you an overview about the JPDL-Code that handles the timer:


<task>
…
  <timer duedate="10 business hours">
    <action class="yourclassAction that implements an actionhandler">
       <var1>val1</var>
    </action>
  </timer>
…
</task>
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After 10 business hours the action will be triggered so you can do what you want in your action-implementation like checking up spaces for documents or sending emails.

Do I need to use a work-flow or can I do it in a different way without using work-flow?

It depends on the business case - but you probably already know this 😉

Could you also tell me all the types of files that I need to write for this timer?

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Developer_Guide
http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/v3/userguide/

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