Automatically triggering the start of processes

Hi Steve

There are probably a number of different approaches on how to solve this problem using SQL triggers and/or event, some of task scheduler or another mechanism.

However, within K2 you could have a parent process with an activity that loops back on itself.  A start rule can be defined on the activity which basically says that that activity will start after a certain time has elapsed or to start on a certain date which may be retrieved from an external source and evaluated in a process datafield.

At the end of the quarter the Start Rule condition is satisfied and the workflow would flow down a branch to another activity which calls an IPC (Inter process communications event) to initiate a child process which would then send the necessary notifications. 

At the same time that the workflow flows down to call the child process it would also loop back on itself and the parent process would then sit and wait for the new Start Rule date to evaluate to true.  This new start date could have been set or retrieved as the last event in the same activity as the Start Rule is applied.

The very first "End of Quarter" process would need to be initated manually whether its through a form or programatically but after that it should run on its own.

I'll try to post a similar type of process diagram example to try and make this explanation a bit clearer.  But as I said at the beginning there are probably a few solutions to this problem.

 Regards,

Tim

Hey guys,

I was trying this approach in K2 blackpearl, but I am having a tough time drawing a line from an activity that loops back on itself.  Could somebody let me know if this is possible in K2 blackpearl?

Thanks,

Brian

Hi,

This is the URL which helps in scheduling but how to attach a process to the scheduling instance.

https://help.k2.com/onlinehelp/k2blackpearl/devref/current/default.htm#Scheduler.html

Regards,

Asad Naeem