is there any timer end event?

[hemamalini]

i am new to activiti and BPMN. i am using some of the examples in activiti in action. i am designing a vacation request . Suppose the user submits vacation Request with vacation start date and end date. It goes to Group A team. That team can schedule the task. But if they didnt schedule, the request has to end if  vacation end date is met. So i am looking for timer . Timer should run from vacation start date and end date. If suppose groupA schedule the task ,it goes to group B. Group B can only cancel the request( No approval is required). if group B cancel the request,it goes to groupA work queue. Group A can complete the task to end. If group B didnt cancel the request the request has to end. Please validate my workflow


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    <startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:formProperty id="vacationstartdate" name="Start Date" type="date" variable="vacationstartdate" datePattern="dd-mm-yyyy" required="true">
          <activiti:value id="vacationstartdate" name="Start Date"></activiti:value>
        </activiti:formProperty>
        <activiti:formProperty id="vacationenddate" name="vacation end date" type="date" variable="vacationenddate" datePattern="dd-mm-yyyy" required="true">
          <activiti:value id="vacationenddate" name="vacationenddate"></activiti:value>
        </activiti:formProperty>
      </extensionElements>
    </startEvent>
    <userTask id="usertask1" name="schedule task" activiti:candidateGroups="groupA">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:formProperty id="schdule" name="schduletask" type="enum" required="true">
          <activiti:value id="schduletask" name="schduletask"></activiti:value>
        </activiti:formProperty>
      </extensionElements>
    </userTask>
    <exclusiveGateway id="exclusivegateway2" name="Exclusive Gateway"></exclusiveGateway>
    <startEvent id="timerstartevent2" name="Timer start">
      <timerEventDefinition></timerEventDefinition>
    </startEvent>
    <userTask id="usertask2" name="GroupB cancel" activiti:candidateGroups="groupB">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:formProperty id="cancelrequest" name="cancelrequest" type="enum" variable="cancelrequest">
          <activiti:value id="cancelrequest" name="cancelrequest"></activiti:value>
        </activiti:formProperty>
      </extensionElements>
    </userTask>
    <userTask id="usertask3" name="complete" activiti:candidateGroups="groupA">
      <extensionElements>
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          <activiti:value id="complete" name="complete"></activiti:value>
        </activiti:formProperty>
      </extensionElements>
    </userTask>
    <endEvent id="endevent1" name="End"></endEvent>
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    <sequenceFlow id="flow8" sourceRef="exclusivegateway2" targetRef="endevent1"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow10" sourceRef="usertask3" targetRef="endevent1"></sequenceFlow>
    <exclusiveGateway id="exclusivegateway3" name="Exclusive Gateway"></exclusiveGateway>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow11" name="Request" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="usertask1"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow12" sourceRef="usertask1" targetRef="exclusivegateway3"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow13" name="groupA schedule" sourceRef="exclusivegateway3" targetRef="timerstartevent2"></sequenceFlow>
    <startEvent id="timerstartevent3" name="vacation end date">
      <timerEventDefinition></timerEventDefinition>
    </startEvent>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow14" name="groupA does not schedule" sourceRef="exclusivegateway3" targetRef="timerstartevent3"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow15" name="vacation end date met" sourceRef="timerstartevent3" targetRef="endevent1"></sequenceFlow>
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      </bpmndi:BPMNShape>
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[hemamalini]

Attached my bpmn file

[martin_grofcik]

Hi Hema,

But if they didnt schedule, the request has to end if vacation end date is met.

Use http://www.activiti.org/userguide/#bpmnTimerBoundaryEvent, with cancelActivity="true".

Regards
Martin

[hemamalini]

Thanks. i want to know if group A approves, it goes to group B,but it does not require group B to approve. But they can cancel the request. How to achieve that? If group B does not cancel the request, the request has to end.

[martin_grofcik]

Hi Hema,

Part of your process could look like:

Start -> Group A approval  –> X –> Group B Cancel –> End
Group B Cancel user task can have boundary timer event with cancelActivity="true". In the case when timer is fired, user task is canceled and whole process can cancel request and end.

Regards
Martin

[hemamalini]

Thank you very much!!!