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How to repeat a failed service task using intermediate timer catching event's time cycle config?

ProgentysDev — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:06:20 GMT

I have a service task. When it fails, I'm setting a boolean process variable "taskFailed" to true. An exclusive gateway after this task should end the flow if taskFailed is false or re-direct flow to a intermediate time event when taskFailed is true.

Using this intermediate timer catching event, after 1 min, I wanna redirect flow back to service task so that I could retry it. I also want to retry it for 5 times, waiting for a min each time before retry. So in the intermediate timeer catching event, I could set lifecycle to R5/PT1M.

Now after retrying for 5 times, if the task still fails, I want to end process. Now how do I tell intermediate time event to end process after 5th recurring time? How should I re-direct this intermediate timer event to an end event after time cycle finishes?

Re: How to repeat a failed service task using intermediate timer catching event's time cycle config?

amod-gadre — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:01:13 GMT

I am looking for an answer to same query.

Re: How to repeat a failed service task using intermediate timer catching event's time cycle config?

openpj — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:22:29 GMT

I suggest to redesign your process using a BPMN error event attached to your Service task and then use a ScriptTask or another ServiceTask to manage the counter.

Something similar to the following:

Look at the following documentation:

https://www.activiti.org/userguide/6.latest/#serviceTaskBpmnErrors

Hope this helps