Workflow Timer Script Example

[elemonnier]

You can never get enough examples, so I've included a small example of a workflow timer that pulls a Catalog Item form variable and calculates a time to wait from that date.

//get term_datetime variable
var termDate = new GlideDateTime();
termDate.setDisplayValue(current.variable_pool.term_datetime.getDisplayValue());

//convert to millisecond value and add specified time
var termDateValue = termDate.getNumericValue()
termDateValue += (1000*60*60*24*30); //Add 30 days

//write offset time to datetime variable
var offsetDate = new GlideDateTime();
offsetDate.setNumericValue(termDateValue);
//write comments to RITM
current.comments = '"Additional task on hold until: ' + offsetDate.getDisplayValue();
//return difference from current time to offset time in secs
answer = gs.dateDiff(gs.nowDateTime(),offsetDate.getDisplayValue(),true);

[lawrence_eng]

Hi Eric,

Thank you for taking the time to share!

-Lawrence

[Mike Hill1]

Eric,

Thanks for posting this information - I was able to use it as a starting guide for something similar that I am trying to do with a workflow timer being set from a variable that is set in a catalog task before the timer.   For this example I wanted the timer to wait until the day after the variable "install_date" was set to in the catalog task.

//get "install_date" variable from the request item   

var installDate = new GlideDateTime();   

installDate.setDisplayValue(current.variables.install_date.getDisplayValue());   



//convert install_date value to millisecond value     

var installDateValue = installDate.getNumericValue(); 



//get current date/time in MS 

var dateobj = new Date();

var dateObject = new Date(dateobj.getTime() + (dateobj.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000));

var currentDateMS = (dateobj.getTime() + (dateobj.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000));



//calculate difference in seconds and add 86400 for the day after

answer = (((installDateValue - currentDateMS)/1000) + 86400);

[maricielo]

Thanks

you help me a lot too!

🙂

[maricielo]

Thanks a lot!

It was very helpful 🙂