Good day!
Automation Engine 12.0.3
Please tell me how to do the next workflow:
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I have first workflow, which starts working at 3 a.m (Workflow 1 at picture).
And I have second workflow, it start at 4 a.m.
The step 2  (in Workflow 2) has the conditions for start:

Step 1 finished OK    AND   ( "Workflow 1 finished OK"  OR  "already 4:45 a.m,then do not wait for the  Workflow 1")

Hi

In theory you should use an External Dependency - but I did not get it to work.

So I would create a check script (check if Workflow1 is finished AND the time condition).

If you want I can create a short example for you in the evening.

cheers Wolfgang

Wolfgang Brueckler said:

Hi

In theory you should use an External Dependency - but I did not get it to work.

So I would create a check script (check if Workflow1 is finished AND the time condition).

If you want I can create a short example for you in the evening.

cheers Wolfgang

Hi. If it is not difficult, send an example.
Thanks!

Hey Mikhail,

You could also use the Preconditions task properties on step 2 for Check History and Check Time

Mh, from what Mikhail describes. Isn't it much simpler?

Create Workflow1 which starts at 3 AM
Create Workflow2 which starts at 4 AM and add Step1, Step2, ...
Define earliest Start time 4:45 AM for Step2

Done

For example, i have this process:

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Good morning,

it was a bit tricky to work it out (hopefully I did not miss any easy cheesy obvious solution :-)  )

First: I tried Step1 and Workflow1 as external dependency - no luck (i do not often use them, possibly my fault)
Second: I tried the same as Michael's suggestion - no luck either, OR logic did not work properly in preconditions
Third: Created a script solution that works in combination with POST conditions.

Basically My JOBP.FIRST is your STEP1 - only a dummy job that does an exit 55 or not...
JOBP.SECOND is your Main Workflow

First object in that WF is a dummy script.
2nd task SCRI.CHK_OBJ in my workflow is your AND condition and a check script. It checks the statistics of JOBP.FIRST and the time ..

Parameters in SCRI.CHK_OBJ:
:SET &OBJ_TO_CHECK# = "JOBP.FIRST"
:SET &STARTTIME# = "145000"

Dependent from the outcome of these checks an object variable &PROCEED# is set.

A Postcondition of this task checks this variable and restarts the task, if its not Y (JOBP.FIRST did not ran successful AND its earlier than "145000".

the third task is a dummy job...

have fun :-)

cheers, Wolfgang

How about this.

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Regards, Matthias

Hi all.
Matthias, Evnt1 one must finish its work even if the time has come 1.45. But "call.mail" after 1.45  will not wait for Evnt1 and will start. Also, the "call.mail" should start before 1:45, if  Evnt1 works quickly.


Wolfgang Brueckler, I looked at your script SCRI.CHK_OBJ, I understand the idea. 
But I could not apply it to my process.
Its  checked my Evnt1 and time, but did not restart.
Is not it right?

At first everything looks good:

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Evnt1 then works, but the script is already in status ENDED_OK


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Report SCRI :

2018-03-29 12:18:45 - U00020206 Variable '&PROCEED#' was stored with value ''. 2018-03-29 12:18:45 - U00020408 EVNT.1 state=  0000 2018-03-29 12:18:45 - U00020408 Now its 121845 2018-03-29 12:18:45 - U00020408 Start Time 130000 far away !! 2018-03-29 12:18:45 - U00020206 Variable '&PROCEED#' was stored with value 'N'.

Hi

the script will always end in ENDED_OK - its just checking the state of an object.

Here you can see its not able to get the state of the object - here you should change the script/object/.....

2018-03-29 12:18:45 - U00020408 EVNT.1 state=  0000

Pls make sure generate@runtime is set in the checkscript!

is this by intention that the scrit has no predecessor?

cheers Wolfgang

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I don't know why it not able to get the state of the object  ...
Why does the script-check need a predecessor?

But in your WF it has next report, how script check JOBP.FIRST ?

2018-03-29 15:22:25 - U00020206 Variable '&PROCEED#' was stored with value ''. 2018-03-29 15:22:25 - U00020408 JOBP.FIRST state=  1900 2018-03-29 15:22:25 - U00020408 The task JOBP.FIRST has successfully ended, proceeding...

Hi
I don't know why it not able to get the state of the object  ...
=> That depends on the settings of the EVNT object - this will not necessarily end with ENDED_OK after executing the !Script if its not set in it properties.
To use an EVNT I think you need to adapt the status code the SCRI should check. If you have bad luck you must catch the Run ID of the !Script execution as well.

The script itself does not need a predecessor but without you would ignore the status of your Object STEP1

cheers, Wolfgang

Hm,

okay one more try with external dependency. At least it did work for me ...

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great that this works!

cheers, WOlfgang

Matthias Schelp said:

Hm,

okay one more try with external dependency. At least it did work for me ...

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It works =)

Thank You all very much