Timer Intermediate Event (interrupting)

A Timer Intermediate Event (interrupting) is an event that is triggered based on a specified time duration or date. It is placed within the flow of a process and serves as a point of interruption and continuation.

Configuring a timer intermediate event (interrupting)

Field	Validations	Accepted Values
Timer Type	Mandatory	Date or Duration
Definition	Mandatory	ISO 8601 date or duration
		Process parameter (check the dynamic value box and pick the data key)

Timer type:

Date

• event triggered on a specific date-time
• ISO 8601 format (example: 2019-10-01T12:00:00Z - UTC time, 2019-10-02T08:09:40+02:00- UTC plus two hours zone offset)

Duration

Event triggered after x duration after the token reached the timer node (or parent node) (example: PT6S).

• Definition:
  • ISO 8601 duration
  • Process parameter

Cron expressions are available only for the Cycle timer type, which this node does not support.

General Rules

• A Timer Intermediate Event is triggered based on its duration or date definition.
• When the token enters a Timer Intermediate Event, a scheduler is set, and it waits for the timer event to be triggered.
• After the timer is triggered, the process instance continues.