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Dynamically Setting Boundry Timer Date

reinharh — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:06:07 GMT

I have a boundary timer event for which I need set the timeDate based on some input conditions of the individual task instance. Looking through the API's I'm not seeing how to do this. The users guide only covers setting date, duration, or interval statically through model.Thanks.

Re: Dynamically Setting Boundry Timer Date

code — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:43:31 GMT

Hi,

I'm also searching a solution for this subject.

Is it possible to change the DUEDATE_ column value in the ACT_RU_JOB table? If I am not wrong, Activiti set this value when it reaches a wait state.

Re: Dynamically Setting Boundry Timer Date

frederikherema1 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:45:58 GMT

You can use an expression in your timer-definition, using process-instance variables for example. Or for more complex calculations, you can always call a method on a bean (eg. timeService.getDueDate(execution)) using spring or the special "beans" list on the process-configuration.

A third option is to calculate the date in an execution/task-listener or JavaDelegate on service-task and set as process var to be used when needed…

Re: Dynamically Setting Boundry Timer Date

reinharh — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:19:34 GMT

Thanks. The process instance variable worked perfectly.

Re: Dynamically Setting Boundry Timer Date

frederikherema1 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:29:57 GMT

You're welcome