Start event plus timer nodes

RE: Start event plus timer nodes

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:17:19 GMT

You are welcome. Hope it works now as expected.

RE: Start event plus timer nodes

erickp — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:59:15 GMT

HMM. You make a great point. For some reason I didn't think about that. Thanks Stefan. That makes a lot of sense.

RE: Start event plus timer nodes

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:48:46 GMT

When you add a script task between a single start node and your timers, then you can do the calculation in that script task and configure the timers to use the timestamps as stored in PVs. A start node can have multiple outgoing flows. Or you add a "AND" after the start node and split your flow into three.

RE: Start event plus timer nodes

erickp — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:34:01 GMT

Hi Stefan, I am using an expression on the timers because I don't have any other way to before the timer store the timestamps in the PV. Or do I? I tried adding start events and after that a script task that stores the results in a PV and then the timer but the process modeler is saying I can't have 3 start events. What should I do?

RE: Start event plus timer nodes

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 08:59:18 GMT

Regarding the error message you see. By any chance, did you define the timer events by calling an expression? If so, try to store the resulting timestamp into a PV and put this PV in the timer.

To start an alternative process flow you would need to define exceptions instead of escalations. Not recommended in your case.

No sub process needed.

RE: Start event plus timer nodes

Harshath WNS — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 07:42:27 GMT

Hi Erickp,

Can you try creating a sub process which will send notification after certain time.
The sub process should also have a rule event to terminate when a Boolean flag is set.
Let the Boolean flag be a parameter passed by reference.
Set the Boolean in your model when task is completed.

RE: Start event plus timer nodes

ekanshj — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:35:37 GMT

Hi erickp,
You need to configure escalations inside the nodes and then connect those escalations to the email node you need to trigger after that escalation.