Custom timer cycle for timer boundary event

Camunda 7 Topics Discussion & Questions
1

Camunda allows to configure list of retry intervals (separated by commas)

<process-engine name="default">
  ...
  <properties>
    ...
    <property name="failedJobRetryTimeCycle">PT10M,PT17M,PT20M</property>
  </properties>
</process-engine>

I am trying is have custom repeat intervals. Does it similarly allow list of duration for time cycles for timer boundary event? I tried following

<bpmn2:timerEventDefinition id="TimerEventDefinition_194jfm9">
        <bpmn2:timeCycle xsi:type="bpmn2:tFormalExpression">PT5S,PT10S,PT20S</bpmn2:timeCycle>
      </bpmn2:timerEventDefinition>

but does not work.

Is there any workaround?

2

Hi @sidgate,

The referenced feature is only supported for failed job retries. (1)
Unfortunately, the timeCycle doesn’t support such configuration. (2)
You can consider changing the due date of the timer job if that’s work for you. (3)

(1): https://docs.camunda.org/manual/latest/user-guide/process-engine/the-job-executor/#retry-intervals
(2): https://docs.camunda.org/manual/latest/reference/bpmn20/events/timer-events/#time-cycle
(3): https://docs.camunda.org/manual/latest/reference/bpmn20/events/timer-events/#modify-a-time-cycle

Best regards,
Yana