Setting schedules for stages

You can set the timeframe for a stage to complete. You set a finite timeframe for participants to complete review. (See Understanding review and approval stages in Managed Review & Approval Solution Accelerator 9.5 Solution Guide .)

Use the following attributes in the <stage> element to set the timeframe for which a stage completes:

• wait_for_expiry : Configure to a value of true or false. A value of True specifies to wait until the duration time is reached before determining whether a stage is complete or expired.

• duration : Configure to numeric value.

• duration_unit : Use DAYS, BUSINESS_DAYS, HOURS, or MINUTES.

• non_expiring_stage : Configure to a value of true or false. A value of True means that the stage does not expire even when the duration has passed.

For example, if you wanted to configure a stage to expire in five days but wanted optional participants the opportunity to add comments when mandatory participants complete their task, use the following settings:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<review_context xsi:schemaLocation="http://adobe.com/solutions/rca/reviewcontext" xmlns="http://adobe.com/solutions/rca/reviewcontext" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> 
<initiator domain="" canonical_name="" name="" oid="" email="" isGroup="false"/> 
    <review_id/> 
    <revision>0</revision>      
    <title/> 
... 
...  
<stages> 
    <stage type="PARALLEL_REVIEW" wait_for_expiry="true" name="Basic-ParallelReview" 
    duration="5" duration_unit="DAYS" taskType="WORKSPACE" non_expiring_stage="false">  
        start_date/> 
        <end_date/> 
        <status>PENDING</status> 
        <pre_process_hook/> 
        <post_process_hook/> 
        <assign_task_to_initiator_process/> 
        <disposition/> 
        <reviewers> 
            <assign_task_to_reviewer_process/> 
        </reviewers> 
        <moderators/> 
    </stage> 
</stages> 
... 
... 
</review_context>