topic Re: Timers ignore timeDate attribute in Alfresco Archive

Timers ignore timeDate attribute

kutezh — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:19:19 GMT

Hello!I have some obstacles with boundary timers firing time. I have a business process which aims to send different notifications to different users. Notifications gotta be send at the specific time that is defined in process variables (notifyWorkerDate and notifyChiefDate) - these variables can be

Re: Timers ignore timeDate attribute

kutezh — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:24:28 GMT

I run activiti 6.0 Beta2.
Any help will be appreciated! Thank you.

Re: Timers ignore timeDate attribute

jbarrez — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:42:25 GMT

I don't think it'll work like that: the timers don't cancel the activity … hence why they are created once and not recreated later …

It's hard to follow what you're trying to do … can you pour that process in a unit test with some assertions that show what you expect? That would help a lot.

Re: Timers ignore timeDate attribute

kutezh — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:11:00 GMT

Hello, Joram!

Are you saying that a timer can only be fired once and then its getting closed?
What I expect is to have my timers firing at the exact time without recreating them.

So is it possible to fire one timer several times during a process by editing its time date attribute? Or should i go completely another way?

Re: Timers ignore timeDate attribute

jbarrez — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:19:13 GMT

No, let me rephrase: the 'rerun every minute' should be happening every minute for sure.
Again, a unit test that shows which logic you expect with this process might clarify a lot here.