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linhn
July 5, 2023
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Set timer even for process started by startProcess()

  • July 5, 2023
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Hi everyone, 

I have an interface that contain a submit button to submit a request, that when the submit button is clicked, it will start a process model by a!startProcess() in a!save().

After clicking the submit button, I want that process model to not run until 21:00 that day. How do I set the timer event to achieve that result? The button will be clicked every day, and I want to delay that day's process instances until 21:00 each day, not just 1 single day. I'm not sure how to define the date and time yet. Could any one help?

Thank you!

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    stefanhelzle0001
    stefanhelzle0001
    Brainy
    July 5, 2023

    This is a job for an additional timer event. The timer in the start node is only for scheduled processes.

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      linhnAuthor
      July 5, 2023

      Thanks Stefan!

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      linhnAuthor
      July 5, 2023

      By far I'm able to find the time gap between now and 21:00 ass below: 

      time(21,00)-time(split(split(now()," ")[2],":")[1],split(split(now()," ")[2],":")[2])

      The below expression returns 1:05 as the result. Any idea how can I convert it to minutes (65 minutes)?

      mathieud0001
      mathieud0001
      Brainy
      July 5, 2023

      You could put a timer node in the process but perhaps a slightly more robust design would be to write it to the database and then have a scheduled job run at 21:00 every day and starts a process for each of the new items in the table.

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