Answers to: Period for ivy processes with UI

Comment by Reguel Wermelinger on Reguel Wermelinger's answer

Reguel Wermelinger — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:10:17 -0500

no the trigger is tight coupled to a single requestStart. For looser coupling you could fire a signal and start any process that has a signal start. Check out our latest youtube video for more information about signals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLrFKpclzHMnJ75d7eT8HKn3B1oz0_quT9&v=3k7v3kbyDec

Comment by dolong on Reguel Wermelinger's answer

dolong — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:44:45 -0500

Can I use a "Trigger Activity" with a dynamic process? Because it depends on user, he sets the period of processes with UI.

Answer by Reguel Wermelinger

Reguel Wermelinger — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:05:25 -0500

The way to execute a Business Process from plain Java is to use the API to a call a Sub-Process and then call use a 'Trigger Activity' to execute the real Business Process to start. See the ConnectivityDemos for an example.

And the other way is as you already mentioned the Program Start event. There are also third party elements available that allow an advanced execution configuration right within the process: https://github.com/ivy-supplements/bpm-beans/blob/master/timedStartEvent-beans/README.md