pp108 : Delay Event Properties Interface

Delay Event Properties Interface

This topic describes the fields on the pane.


Table 1. Delay Event Properties Interface

Tab Field Description
General Description A description of the activity.
Execute Condition

The Execute Condition can be of types - None, Static Value or Read from Message.Select the None option to specify that there is no execution condition for the business process.Select the Static Value option to specify the actual condition for execution.Select the Read from Message option to read the condition from the Message Map. This ensures that the business process does not have to be modified for every change. Click to select the process specific message from the XPath editor.
Note:

  • Ensure that the dynamic condition which is taken from the Message Map does not start with a slash.
  • If a message contains an XPath expression, then the XPath need not be in single quotes. For example, if the message is /mycondition and it contains an expression as follows: GetEmployeeOutput/GetEmployeeResponse/tuple/old/Employees/City = "London", the XPath will be as follows: GetEmployeeOutput/GetEmployeeResponse/tuple/old/Employees/City = "London".
  • All XPath expressions are supported in Message Map 'Expression'.
    Note: In a Delay Event, the Execute Condition option can be used instead of the Decision construct.
    You can view a small Decision () icon at the bottom left of the construct to indicate that the Delay Event includes a condition to be executed.
Duration Use Business Calendar

This field appears only when you select the Use Business Calendar checkbox.

  • Specific to Activity: Select a particular activity that appears in the Business Process dialog box for using the business calendar.
  • Same as that of Process: Selecting this option allows you to use the business calendar for the entire business process.
  • Read from Message: Selecting this option allows you to specify the XPath for reading the business calendar dynamically from the Message Map.
Duration

You can specify the duration for a Delay Event that is related to the business days, hours or minutes. When you select the Use Business Calendar option, the business days are calculated based upon the business days specified in the business calendar. Otherwise, the business days are calculated including holidays and non-working hours.
Note: In PIM, the duration for the delay and timeout activity may at times be less than the actual duration with a difference of 1 to 0.5 In seconds. The following options appear when the Use Business Calendar checkbox is left unselected:

  • Static Duration: Enter Days, select Hours, Minutes and Seconds from the respective drop-down lists.
  • Read Duration from Message: Click and from the XPath Editor, select required message, validate, test and click OK.
    Note: The input for this field should be in XML Schema Duration Data Type. For example: PT5M, which stands for 5 minutes.
    The following options appear in the Duration drop-down only when you select the Use Business Calendar checkbox:
  • Static Value in Business Days: Enter the business days as a fixed value for the number of days in the Days field.
  • Read Business Days from Message: Click and from the XPath Editor, select required message, validate, test and click OK.
  • Static Value in Business Hours / Minutes: Select Hours and Minutes from the drop-downs.
  • Read Business Hours / Minutes from Message: Click and from the XPath Editor, select required message, validate, test and click OK.
Calculation ends on

This field appears only when you select the Use Business Calendar checkbox.

  • Start of Next Business Day: Selecting this option sets the calculation to end on the start of next business day.
  • End of Business Day: Selecting this option sets the calculation to end on the end of next business day.
Include start day This field appears only when you select the Use Business Calendar checkbox.Select this option if the start day needs to be included to determine the end of calculation of the due date.
Monitoring Configure Monitoring Enable/disable monitoring for the activity.
Monitor Level Activity Status: This field records activity status, timestamp, and user.
KPI Create a KPI Click to add a KPI to the BPM. A KPI wizard is displayed. Refer to Creating a KPI on a Business Process Model topic for the detailed procedure.
Edit To edit or view the KPI, double-click the KPI and make the relevant changes to it in the KPI editor that appears.
Delete Select the check box for the KPI to be deleted and click .
Annotation Annotation Additional notes or comments on the Delay event, if any.


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Setting the Properties of a Delay Event