Creating Timer Event

The Timer Event enables you to specify the date, time and frequency at which a process flow should be executed.
This feature is available in:

Steps to create a Timer Event

1. On the Adeptia Suite homepage, click the Develop tab.

2. Go to Events > Timer.

   The Manage Timer Event screen is displayed (see Figure 720).

   

   Figure 720: Manage Timer Event

3. Click the Create New link. The Create Timer Event screen is displayed.
4. Enter the name and description of the new Timer Event activity in the textboxes Name and Description respectively.
5. Enter the date from which the Timer event will start triggering, in the Event Start Date field. The date must be in MM/dd/yyyy format. Click the Calendar icon to select the required date from the calendar.
6. Enter the start time from the dropdown list Time.
7. Select one of the Expiry Criteria displayed in the table below.
   

   Table 5: Expiry Criteria

   Expiry Criteria	Description
   *.*	For all files with some extension
   Run Only Once	Select this option if the process flow needs to be triggered only once.
   Repeat Count	Select this option if the process flow needs to be triggered for given number of times. Enter the required number in the Repeat Count field. Progress flow is triggered Repeat Count + 1 times.
   Expiry By Date/ Time	Select this option if the process flow needs to be triggered up to the given date and time on a given interval. To select the expiry date click on the calendar and select the required date. Select the expiry time using Hours and Mins dropdown list.

8. If Repeat Count or Expiry By Date/Time option is selected as expiry criteria, enter the time interval in the textbox Frequency (see Figure 721).
   
   

   
   Figure 721: Create Timer Event

   Recommended minimum Polling Frequency is 30 seconds.
   To learn about Advanced Properties refer to Changing Advanced Properties section.
    
   If you want to learn about event misfire handling then, please refer to the Handling Misfire Event section.
    
   To enable email error notification, please refer to the Creating Email Error Notification section.

9. Click the Save button.

   You can view details of a process flow associated with a timer event, by clicking the process flow displayed under Associated Process Flows on the Manage Timer Event screen.