Class COOWF@1.1:WaitActionDefinition

Class Hierarchy

Object > ComponentObject > ConfigurationObject > SimpleConfigurationObject > DefinitionElement > WaitActionDefinition

This object class is used to define an activity in a process definition that represents a wait action instead of a list of work items. This action can be a Action or an ActiveX script. It can be used to delay the workflow process e.g. until a certain state in an external resource is reached. Wait actions are always executed in the background, therefore this functionality requires the installation of AT.
E.g. you can use a wait action definition for asynchronous calls of an external application server. The first execution of the action starts as asynchronous query in the application server, the further calls wait for the query result. The wait action is called until the result of the application server is finished. The amount of time after which the execution of the action is repeated can be specified.
You can also use a wait action definition to execute activities that wait for the availability of certain external application server resources. A customer should be registered in a billing system. The workflow continues only when the registration in the billing system has been done. The wait action instance is just called again, if the registration failed (e.g. because the system is not available).

Properties

Type	Property	Name
integer	actdefenddeadline	Period of Time to the Latest Possible Completion
EscalationDefinition	actdefescalation	Escalation
MultiInstanceType	actdefmultiple	Multi-Instance
DefinitionElement[]	actdefnext	Successor Activities
Object	actdefpartdefinition	Distribution List
WorkFlowParticipant	actdefparticipant	Workflow Participant
DefinitionElement[]	actdefprev	Predecessor Activities
integer	actdefstartdeadline	Period of Time to the Latest Possible Start
LanguageStringList[]	actdeftitle	Title

Properties

Period of Time to the Latest Possible Completion (COOWF@1.1:actdefenddeadline)

Defines the period of time, in which the activity instance generated from this activity definition has to be completed. The period of time is stored as number of seconds and is displayed and entered in days, hours, minutes, and seconds.
Note: The period of time is entered in days, hours, minutes or seconds. The unit for the time is d, day and days for the specification of days (e.g. 2d for 2 days), h, hour and hours for the specification of hours, min, minute and minutes for the specification of minutes and sec, second and seconds for the specification of seconds. If only a number is specified, the used unit is minute.

unsigned integer COOWF@1.1:actdefenddeadline readonly

Escalation (COOWF@1.1:actdefescalation)

Defines the escalation definition that is to be used for activity instances generated from this activity definition.

EscalationDefinition COOWF@1.1:actdefescalation readonly

Multi-Instance (COOWF@1.1:actdefmultiple)

This property defines if the current activity definition is resolved to multiple activity instances when the state changes to ACTINST_STARTABLE

MultiInstanceType COOWF@1.1:actdefmultiple readonly

Successor Activities (COOWF@1.1:actdefnext)

Defines the list of definition elements that follow this definition element in the process definition.

unique DefinitionElement[] COOWF@1.1:actdefnext readonly

Distribution List (COOWF@1.1:actdefpartdefinition)

This property defines the distribution list the activity is assigned to. When the activity get's startable the distribution list is resolved to single activity instances for each member of the distribution list. If the distribution list defines that it should expand immediately the distribution list is resolved to single instances at start of the process. Note: This property of the participant can only be used for activities which are populated as multiple instance activities.

Object COOWF@1.1:actdefpartdefinition readonly

Additional Information

Object Classes Allowed: ParticipantDefinition

Workflow Participant (COOWF@1.1:actdefparticipant)

Defines the organizational element concerned by the activity definition. An activity definition can be prescribed to a user, a group, a position, an organizational unit type, a position in context of a group or a position in context of an organizational unit type. The workflow participant can be defined as an abstract participant, too. The abstract participant is evaluated and stored in this property when the state of the activity instance changes from "Waiting" to "Startable". Changes of the evaluated properties (e.g. the object owner) made afterwards are not considered.
It is also possible to define a person who is not a system user. In this case a system user who substitutes this person must be defined.

unique WorkFlowParticipant COOWF@1.1:actdefparticipant readonly

Predecessor Activities (COOWF@1.1:actdefprev)

Defines the list of process definition elements that preceed this definition element in the process definition.

unique DefinitionElement[] COOWF@1.1:actdefprev readonly

Period of Time to the Latest Possible Start (COOWF@1.1:actdefstartdeadline)

Defines the starting time for the execution of activity instances generated from this activity definition relative to the time the activity instance is received in a worklist. The period of time is stored as number of seconds and is displayed and entered in days, hours, minutes, and seconds.
Note: The period of time is entered in days, hours, minutes or seconds. The unit for the time is d, day and days for the specification of days (e.g. 2d for 2 days), h, hour and hours for the specification of hours, min, minute and minutes for the specification of minutes and sec, second and seconds for the specification of seconds. If only a number is specified, the used unit is minute.

unsigned integer COOWF@1.1:actdefstartdeadline readonly

Title (COOWF@1.1:actdeftitle)

Defines the title of an activity definition. This is a multilingual string.

unique LanguageStringList[] COOWF@1.1:actdeftitle readonly