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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Start process on timer and condition</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/appian-community-edition/39370/start-process-on-timer-and-condition</link><description>I want a process to start every 5 minutes and only if a condition is true. if the condition is represented by the value of a boolean constant, it works, but i the condition is a result of a rule it doesn&amp;#39;t work. 
 Maybe it&amp;#39;s not possible to set the start</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Start process on timer and condition</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149419?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:31:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:e7fe6d35-cb37-4b6d-b259-8cc9bbdbf1d3</guid><dc:creator>mariagiuseppinap5275</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks Stefan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Start process on timer and condition</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149418?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:29:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:2295f18b-3bf0-4f93-b709-70e13c8770e0</guid><dc:creator>Stefan Helzle</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Start node events and their conditions, are evaluated only once when deployed. That&amp;#39;s a know behaviour and well discussed and documented.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In your case, just start the process, and add a XOR after the start node which then checks your fully dynamic condition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Start process on timer and condition</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149417?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:23:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:2b6ec5c0-8f19-4ed5-8635-ea481520dcec</guid><dc:creator>mariagiuseppinap5275</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Yes.&amp;nbsp;Specifically, it runs a query on a database (with batchSize=1);&amp;nbsp;the rule evaluates if totalCoun = 1&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Start process on timer and condition</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149416?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:18:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:d5e09b80-8173-4853-9482-6dbc4e6e4241</guid><dc:creator>venkatrea696188</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;What&amp;#39;s the output of this rule??Is it returning true??&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Start process on timer and condition</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149414?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:09:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:17785be7-94a6-4cbb-8a54-8f5225df4c99</guid><dc:creator>mariagiuseppinap5275</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t understand if yours is a question. Anyway the condition is this:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre class="ui-code" data-mode="text"&gt;rule!myapp_example_query(
  filters: a!queryFilter(
    field:&amp;quot;status&amp;quot;,
    operator:&amp;quot;=&amp;quot;,
    value:&amp;quot;READY&amp;quot;
  )
).totalCount = 1&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Start process on timer and condition</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/149413?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:02:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:a29401cc-acde-4f82-8a95-1c463f6b2164</guid><dc:creator>Harsha Sharma</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The use case you are describing is possible.&amp;nbsp;Can you try putting the rule expression within the timer-&amp;gt;advanced option-&amp;gt;New expression itself and check.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>