Update Due Date Plug-in

The Update Due Date plug-in updates the due dates of a running process or assignment within the running process.

Note:

[$Assignment.Id] will not work in this scenario. You have to provide the exact assignment ID for which you want to change the due date.

Properties

Name Description Mandatory
assignmentid

The identifier of the assignment which requires a change to the due date. Either assignmentid or processid must be specified.

Example: 

Direct value : 5CE7CE49-6A9E-4300-B20D-0DCA2DCA1ABB

Value from solution field: [field1]

No
date

The absolute date to use in the update. If both date and timespan are specified, the date argument will be used.

Example:

Direct value:2008-05-01T07:34:42-5:00

Value from solution field: [field1]

No
processid

The identifier of the process which requires a change to the due date. Either assignmentid or processid must be specified.

Example:

Direct value : 5CE7CE49-6A9E-4300-B20D-0DCA2DCA1ABB

Value from solution field: [field1]

No
timespan

The timespan in .NET format to use in the update. If both date and timespan are specified, the date argument will be used.

Example:

Direct value: 6.5:12:14 (i.e.days.hours:minutes:seconds)

Value from solution field: [field1]

No

Example

The following example shows how to update the process whose identifier is contained in the ProcessId solution field with the date that is contained in the NewDate field.

  • date - [NewDate]
  • processid - [ProcessId]

The following example shows how to update the due date of current running process to 20 days later .

Processid – [$Process.Id]

Timespan - 20.00:00:00