Timer Expression Examples

The following example defines a timer that is triggered in one day and does not reoccur. The timer expression shown in the workflow diagram is +1d.

Timer Property	Value
Time value	`+1`
Time unit (for Time value)	`Days`
This even occurs only one time	selected

The following example defines a timer that fires every day at 12 p.m. (noon). The timer expression shown in the workflow diagram is the cron expression,

0
                     0 12 * * ?

Timer Property	Value
Specify cron expression	`0 0 12 * * ?`
No end date	selected

The following example defines a timer that is scheduled to fire one day after the workflow is started and repeats every 24 hours. No end date is specified, so the timer repeats indefinitely. The timer expression shown in the workflow diagram is +1d.

Timer Property	Value
Time value	`+1`
Time unit (for Time value)	`Days`
Recurrence interval	`+24`
Time unit (for Recurrence interval)	`Hours`
No end date	selected

The following example defines a timer that is scheduled to fire 1 day after the workflow is started and repeats every 24 hours. The end date is specified as an offset of 1 week, so the timer terminates after 1 week. The timer expression shown in the workflow diagram is +1d.

Timer Property	Value
Time value	`+1`
Time unit (for Time value)	`Days`
Recurrence interval	`+24`
Time unit (for Recurrence interval)	`Hours`
Specify date and/or offset	selected
Offset time value	`+1`
Time unit (for Offset time value)	`Weeks`

In the following example, the start date is specified with a negative offset. The timer expression shown in the workflow diagram is —3d. In this example, the first time the timer fires is 3 days before the date specified by Date data object, so the timer starts firing on July 7, 2013 at 09:42:06 AM. The timer fires every 24 hours for 1 week and expires on July 14, 2013 at 09:42:06 AM.

Note: You can enter negative offsets for the starting Time value, but you cannot specify a negative offset for the end date Offset time value.

Timer Property	Value
Date	`Approval Workflow/Initial Date`, which contains the value `July 10, 2013 09:42:06 AM`
Time value	`-3`
Time unit (for Time value)	`Days`
Recurrence interval	`+24`
Time unit (for Recurrence interval)	`Hours`
Specify date and/or offset	selected
Offset time value	`+1`
Time unit (for Offset time value)	`Weeks`

Last updated: March 5, 2020