Start Timer Event Element
Add, copy, delete, change the color, align, and configure Start Timer Event elements in your Process model.
Don't Know What a Start Timer Event Element Is?
See Process Modeling Element Descriptions for a description of the Start Timer Event element.
Permissions Required
Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to configure a Start Timer Event element in the Process model unless your user account has the Make this user a Super Admin setting selected:
Processes: Edit Processes
Processes: View Processes
See the Process permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.
Add a Start Timer Event Element
Add a Start Timer Event element from one of the following locations in Process Modeler:
Explorer panel: The Explorer panel is to the left of the Process Modeler canvas. The Explorer panel contains Process model objects and PM Blocks which may be added to the Process model.
Objects bar: The Objects bar is at the bottom of the Process Modeler canvas. This bar contains pinned Process model objects which are easily accessible to add to the Process model.
Follow these steps to add a Start Timer Event element from the Explorer panel to the Process model:
Locate the Start Event object category from one of the following locations in the Explorer panel:
Pinned Objects: The Start Event object category displays from the Pinned Objects section when it is pinned. This element type is pinned by default.
Object Category: The Start Event object category displays from the Object Category section when it is not pinned.
Its icon displays adjacent to the mouse icon to indicate this element type may be placed into the Process model.
Click the location in the Process model to place this element. If a Pool element is in your Process model, the Start Timer Event element cannot be placed outside of the Pool element.
After the element is placed into the Process model, you may adjust its location in the following ways:
Move the element by dragging it to a new location.
Select the element with other elements and/or connectors, and then move them collectively by dragging them to new locations in relation to one another.
Align and/or distribute the element in relation to other selected elements and/or connectors.
Moving a Start Timer Event element has the following limitations in regards to the following Process model elements:
Pool element: If the Start Timer Event element is inside of a Pool element, it cannot be moved outside of the Pool element. If you attempt to do so, Process Modeler places the Start Timer Event element inside the Pool element closest to where you attempt to move it.
Lane element: If the Start Timer Event element is inside of a Lane element, it can be moved to another Lane element in the same Pool element. However, the Start Timer Event element cannot be moved outside of the Pool element.
Connect to Another Process Model Object with a Sequence Flow Element
See Connect Two Process Model Objects with a Sequence Flow Element.
Reconnect a Sequence Flow Element from This Process Model Object to Another
See Reconnect a Sequence Flow Element from One Process Model Object to Another.
Replace a Start Timer Event Element with a Different Starting Request Event Element
After a Start Timer Event element is added to a Process model, you may replace it with a different starting Request event element:
Start Event element
Signal Start Event element
Message Start Event element
Conditional Start Event element
The selected Start Timer Event element is replaced by the default settings and color of the replacing element.
Follow these steps to replace a Start Timer Event element with a different Start-type event element:
Select the Start Timer Event element to change to another Start-type event element. Available options display above the selected element.
Click Confirm. The new element replaces the Start Timer Event element with its default settings and color.
Change a Start Timer Event Element's Appearance
See Customize the Appearance of a Process Model Object.
Copy a Start Timer Event Element
See Copy Process Model Objects into the Clipboard.
Clone a Start Timer Event Element
See Clone Process Model Objects Without the Clipboard.
Delete a Start Timer Event Element
See Delete Process Model Objects.
Settings
The Start Timer Event element has the following panels that contain settings:
Configuration panel
Timing Control panel
Documentation panel (available when the Documentation package is installed)
Advanced panel
Configuration Panel Settings
Edit the Element Name
An element name is a human-readable reference for a Process element. Process Modeler automatically assigns the name of a Process element with its element type. However, an element's name can be changed.
Follow these steps to edit the name for a Start Timer Event element:
Select the Start Timer Event element from the Process model in which to edit its name.
In the Name setting, edit the selected element's name and then press Enter.
Timing Control Panel Settings
Set the Timing Controls
When a Start Timer Event element is placed into a Process model, it has the following settings by default before it triggers:
The timing control is set to midnight of the current date.
The timing control is set to repeat weekly on the current day.
If these are not the timing control settings you want, the Start Timer Event element must be configured. Set the timer controls for a Start Timer Event element using the following parameters:
Set the date and hour when the trigger the Start Timer Event element, thereby starting a Request.
Optionally, set an interval from which to periodically trigger the Start Time Event element, thereby staring a Request at that interval. This may be done in any of the following intervals:
Set the timer to periodically trigger on a specified number of days, weeks, months, or years.
Set the timer to periodically trigger on specific days of the week.
Set when the timer control ends from any of the following options, thereby limiting when to start a Request:
The timer never ends.
The timer ends on a specified date.
The timer ends after a number of occurrences.
Follow these steps to set the timer controls for a Start Timer Event element:
Select the Start Timer Event element from the Process model in which to set its timer controls.
Ensure that the Configuration panel displays. If not, show it. Panels to configure this element display.
Expand the Timing Control panel if it is not presently expanded. The Start date setting displays.
From the Start date setting, use the date control to select the date to initially trigger the Start Timer Event element. If this setting has not been previously set, the current date is the default.
Set the periodic interval to trigger the Start Timer Event element again, thereby starting a new Request. Follow these guidelines:
From the Repeat every setting, select at how many intervals of a set time period to trigger the Start Timer Event element. 1 week is the default setting. Then select one of the following time periods for that element to trigger:
Day
Week (default setting)
Month
Year
Alternatively, select from the Repeat on setting the day(s) of the week in which to trigger the Start Timer Event element. Selected days display with a blue-colored circle around each.
Set when to end the timer control from the following options:
Select Never to never end the timer control. Never is the default setting.
Select On to select a specific date in which to end the timer control. If this setting has not been previously set, the current date is the default.
Select After and then enter how many occurrences to end the timer control after the Start Timer Event element has triggered that may times. If this setting has not been previously set, 1 is the default setting.
Documentation Panel Settings
Edit the Element's Description Displayed in Process Documentation
If the Documentation package is installed, describe the element's purpose and how it functions in the Process. This description does not affect Requests for the Process, but may be useful for Process model maintenance such as how the element is configured. Edit information by using the What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) rich text editor.
A Process's entered documentation displays by selecting the View Documentation icon for that Process.
Package Required
The Documentation package must be installed to view or edit the documentation for a Process element. Use the Documentation package to view documentation for Processes that includes an image of the Process map and entered description of its elements and connectors.
Follow these steps to edit the description for an element:
Select the element from the Process model in which to edit its description.
Ensure that the Configuration panel displays. If not, show it. Panels to configure this element display.
Follow these guidelines to use the WYSIWYG rich text editor to stylize your text:
Select the required text from the Rich Text control.
In the URL setting, enter the destination URL.
In the Text to display setting, edit or enter the text displayed in the Rich Text control.
In the Title setting, enter the text to display when a user hovers over the displayed text.
From Open link in… drop-down menu, select one of these options:
New window: Select this option to open the destination page in a new browser window.
Current window: Select this option to open the destination page in the current browser window.
In the Source setting, enter a URL for the image.
In the Alternative Description setting, enter the text to display if the source URL of the image is not accessible.
In the Width setting, enter the maximum width for the image.
In the Height setting, enter the maximum height for the image.
Click Save.
Format text: Follow these guidelines to format text:
Headings: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Headings and then select a heading size.
Bold: Do one of the following:
From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Bold.
Italics: Do one of the following:
From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Italic.
Underline: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Underline.
Strikethrough: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Strikethrough.
Superscript: From the Paragraph/ Formats menu, select Inline and then Superscript.
Subscript: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Subscript.
Code: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Inline and then Code.
Paragraph: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Blocks and then Paragraph.
Blockquote: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Blocks and then Blockquote.
Division: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Blocks and then Div.
Preformatted: From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Blocks and then Pre.
Select one of the color swatches from the color palette. The selected text changes to that color.
Align text: Follow these guidelines to align text:
Left align: Do one of the following:
From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Left.
Center align: Do one of the following:
From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Center.
Right align: Do one of the following:
From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Right.
Justify: Do one of the following:
From the Paragraph/Formats menu, select Align and then Justify.
Advanced Panel Settings
Edit the Node's Identifier Value
Process Modeler automatically assigns a unique value to each Process node added to a Process model. However, a node's identifier value can be changed if it is unique to all other nodes in the Process model, including the Process model's identifier value.
All identifier values for all nodes in the Process model must be unique.
Follow these steps to edit the identifier value for a Start Timer Event element:
Select the Start Timer Event element from the Process model in which to edit its identifier value.
Ensure that the Configuration panel displays. If not, show it. Panels to configure this element display.
Expand the Advanced panel if it is not presently expanded. The Node Identifier setting displays. This is a required setting.
In the Node Identifier setting, edit the Start Timer Event element's identifier to a unique value from all nodes in the Process model and then press Enter.
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