This timer starts processes periodically, at certain points in time. These starting points can be decribed very intuitivly (e.G: The third day of every month). Also, the start can be halted if another similar instance was startet already in a certain period of time.

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StartProcessInstanceRepetitive

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Contains the actionhandler that will be called by the timer. Normally: com.dooris.bpm.actionhandler.StartProcessInstanceRepetitive

Name of the process definition that should be started.

The name of the process variable, that contains the “topic” f the new instance.

The content of said “topic”-variable.

Contains the period in question: YEAR, MONTH, WEEK

Contains all days, at which new instances should be started.All days must be seperateed by an & . Valid values are -365 bis 365 oder MAX.

Examples:

1. Start on the first day of each year: Reference YEAR and starting point 1
2. Start on the last day of each montjh: Reference point MONTH and starting point MAX
3. Start on every Wednesday: Reference point WEEK and starting point 3
4. Start on the third last day of every month: Reference point MONTH and starting point -3

If true is handed over, the actionhandler will count only business days.

A starting time can be handed over. The format has to be HH:MM.

Valid values are DEFINITION or TOPIC. If DEFINITION is handed over, no instance will be started if another instance of the same process was started in a certain period of time (periodeInDaysForExistenceCheckOfStartedInstanceInPast). If TOPIC is selected, no new instance will be started if another one was started with the same content in the topic variable.

An integer from 0 to 365 can vbe handed over. It decribes (in days) the period in time which is checked for duplicates of the process (criteriaForDuplicateCheck).

Parameter: com.dooris.bpm.actionhandler.StartProcessInstanceRepetitive,RegexTest;myTopic;topiccontent1;MONTH;22&0;true;00:00;TOPIC;5