Setting the due date and work schedule for a BPD
The due date for a process instance is the expected date and time that all activities related to a process instance should be completed. At run time, this due date is used to calculate whether a process instance is on track for a timely completion. The due date is affected by the work schedules of the users who receive the tasks involved in the process.
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By default, each instance of a business process definition (BPD) is due 8 hours after it is started. The actual due date for an instance is affected by the work schedule specified for the BPD.
The default work schedule for all BPDs is specified in the 99Local.xml configuration file in the following directory, where server_type is either process-server or process-center: PROFILE_HOME\config\cells\cell_name\nodes\node_name\servers\server_name\server_type\config\system. If you do not specify a work schedule for a BPD, or if you leave the settings at use default, date calculations for instances of the BPD are based on the <default-work-schedule> in the configuration file.
You can specify your own due date and work schedule for each BPD.