topic Re: Timerstartevent does not work correctly in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/timerstartevent-does-not-work-correctly/m-p/164477#M118217 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Yes, this is "designed" behavior: there is only _one_ job for starting the process every x seconds.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The job executor locks the job before execution and unlocks it after running it. So if your job execution takes longer than the restart time of the process instance start it won't be unlocked yet. Hence the problem you are seeing.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>A solution to your problem is to make parts of your workflow async, which will be executed in different jobs.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:41:37 GMT jbarrez 2013-10-21T13:41:37Z Timerstartevent does not work correctly https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/timerstartevent-does-not-work-correctly/m-p/164476#M118216 1.&nbsp; timerStart -<IMG id="smileyembarrassed" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyembarrassed" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-embarrassed.png" alt="Smiley Embarassed" title="Smiley Embarassed" /> serviceTask1 -&gt; serviceTask2 -&gt; humanTaskThe above work flow works fine.&nbsp; I set the timer to start the process every 20s.&nbsp; Every 20s, it start a new process and stop at humanTask waiting for user input.&nbsp; So after 1 minute, I expect to see 3 processes.2.&nbsp; timerStart -&gt; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:20:30 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/timerstartevent-does-not-work-correctly/m-p/164476#M118216 houstoniasian 2013-10-11T20:20:30Z Re: Timerstartevent does not work correctly https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/timerstartevent-does-not-work-correctly/m-p/164477#M118217 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Yes, this is "designed" behavior: there is only _one_ job for starting the process every x seconds.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The job executor locks the job before execution and unlocks it after running it. So if your job execution takes longer than the restart time of the process instance start it won't be unlocked yet. Hence the problem you are seeing.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>A solution to your problem is to make parts of your workflow async, which will be executed in different jobs.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:41:37 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/timerstartevent-does-not-work-correctly/m-p/164477#M118217 jbarrez 2013-10-21T13:41:37Z