TImeout functionality in workflow notification / Due date of notification in workflow

- Log in to workflow builder , open the workflow process

select the notification , right click and select properties then click on node tab.

it will be as below.

In the timeout section you can select timeout properties.

There are 3 options.


1- No timeout : It means no due date of the notification.


2 -  Relative Time : It is nothing but the constant time details .
you can set the value in days, hours and minutes combination.

3 - Item Attribute : You can create number type attribute and assign it here.

you can set the attribute value as below.


wf_engine.setitemattrtext (itemtype      => l_itemtype,
                                 itemkey       => l_itemkey,
                                 aname         => 'XXTIMEOUT',
                                 avalue        => 2880
                                );

2880 - it is  minutes.

if you want to set due date to 3 days then value should be =(24*60*3)= 4320.