Timeouts for processes

[guypardon]

Hi,

In a legal setting, we want to use Activiti to model the (human) workflow tasks involved. For some of the processes, we want to specify a timeout (or deadline) within which the process in question has to finish.

1. One way seems the boundary timer event. Is it correct that we would then need to create a subprocess, add the timer event to it, and then specify _embedded_ the sequence of steps to which the timeout applies? In other words, can we specify that a bunch of steps time out this way?

2. Is this supported in the modeler (or will it be soon?)

3. Alternatively, what can we do?

Thanks
Guy

[jbarrez]

1) yes.

2) In the designer it will be supported in the near future.
The Modeler should already be capable to do it.

[joshuan]

Hi Joram,
Talking about process timeout, can you tell me if for timer boundary event is posible to configure business days (from Monday to Friday for example) in the timer. I need that in a process like the previously discussed,
and by the way, I wonder if you know how to map this to Alfresco Share form.

Ragards