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timer boundary event not firing

frequentcrasher
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making

‎04-13-2012 04:19 PM

Hi

I am trying to create a simple workflow using a time boundary event. I have the:

<property name="jobExecutorActivate" value="true" />

setting in the activiti config table. I have the event time duration set to PT3M which should mean 3 minutes. I am looking at the ACT_RU_JOB table and i seem to see corresponding jobs created with the appropriate duedate_ values. but nothing ever happens and those process and jobs just stay there forever and ever.

Any insight to what I am doing wrong would be appreciated.

Here is what my .activiti xml looks like:

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      <timeDate xsi:type="bpmn2:FormalExpression" body=""/>
      <timeDuration xsi:type="bpmn2:FormalExpression" body="PT3M"/>
      <timeCycle xsi:type="bpmn2:FormalExpression" body=""/>
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trademak
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‎04-14-2012 09:50 AM

Hi,

You've attached a boundary timer event to a script task that executes in a couple of miliseconds.
So the boundary timer event is never thrown. It's also not very useful to set a boundary timer event on a automatic task like a script task.

Best regards,
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mathiasd
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making

‎05-18-2012 04:51 AM

Does a timer boundary event fire if attached to a script task with an infinite loop ?
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