Re: Deadline Activity

Hello Monique

Thanks for your information and direction. This helps.

Regards
Aaron

Monique Maker wrote:

> Hello Aaron,
>
> Set the deadline to Synchronous and enter as condition something like:
>  var d = new java.util.Date(start_date.getTime() + WAIT_TIME_OUT);
>  d;
> where start_date is of type Date and WAIT_TIME_OUT is in milliseconds. 
> WAIT_TIME_OUT can be a process- or package-level WRD with initial 
> value (some kind of constant), or just a numeric value - it is your 
> choice.
>
> Fill in the Exception name with some meaningfull string, for example
>  TimeToContinueException
>
> Then set two outgoing transitions:
> - By exception ("TimeToContinueException");
> - By condition - the normal activity completion.
>
> If you need exactly the process start date, you can use the Shark 
> supplied value PROCESS_STARTED_TIME instead your own variable start_date.
>
> For more details see the "how_to" document, point "How to write 
> deadline expressions for activities?"
>
> Regards,
> Monique
>
> Aaron Galea wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Can somebody explain how to use the Deadline Activity property? I 
>> have the case that I will need to instantiate a process and set a 
>> variable, let say start_date, to the date that this process was 
>> instantiated. After that in one of its activities, say Activity1 I 
>> want to make a deadline such that if (start_date+2days) have passed 
>> it will move to the next activity if not triggered manually? Is this 
>> possible to be done and if so how?
>>
>> Sorry if this is a very basic question but I am still getting 
>> familiar with Shark.
>>
>> Regards
>> Aaron
>>
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