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Signal Boundary Event

hheckel — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:40:01 GMT

Hello,I put together a process definition for a hiring process, where a job opening is advertised and then monitored for incoming job applications (catching boundary signal on 'Monitor Incoming Applications' until a boundary timer expires and ends the monitoring.[attachment=0]HiringProcess.png[/atta

Re: Signal Boundary Event

riddhishah1604 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:20:02 GMT

Not sure, but I feel you should try with exclusive gateway instead of parallel gateway and see if that helps

Re: Signal Boundary Event

hheckel — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:42:06 GMT

Thanks for your input.

What I am trying to achieve is for the process instance only to move past the gateway, once all execution paths (i.e. one "Monitoring Incoming Applications" and 0..n "Review Application") have arrived in the gateway. Or, in a "more real life description": only when the process instance is no longer accepting applications and only when all applications that were submitted have been reviewed, a candidate can be chosen.

Unfortunately, replacing the parallel gateway with an exclusive gateway won't do the trick.

Any other ideas?

Thanks!
Holger.

Re: Signal Boundary Event

meyerd — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:22:23 GMT

Hi Holger,

the parallel gateway you are using in your example waits for one token on each incoming sequence flow. This means that if the user task is completed, it will wait for exactly one completion of "Review Application".

Re: Signal Boundary Event

riddhishah1604 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:12:13 GMT

Hi Holger,

Try some logic using Multi Instance Parallel Subprocess as parallel subprocess will ensure that it will move ahead after subprocess only once all execution paths are completed. Try if you can build logic on this basis for your case.