Introduction

• The PostNotice Instruction is used to create a notice for JS7 - Notice Boards that is awaited for by a JS7 - ExpectNotice Instruction from the same or from different workflows.
• A workflow can include any number of PostNotice Instructions to post notices to the same or to different Notice Boards.
• Posting a notice does not block further execution of an order in a workflow. The order continues immediately having posted a notice.

Notice

• A Notice is considered an event that the ExpectNotice Instruction is waiting for. One or more corresponding PostNotice Instructions create the Notice from the same or from different workflows.
• Both PostNotice and ExpectNotice Instructions reference a common Notice Board identified by its name. The Notice Board implements expressions for the PostNotice Instruction and for the ExpectNotice Instruction to identify a common Notice ID. The Notice ID typically is identified from a common part of the Order ID, for example from the daily plan date.
  • Example
    • An Order ID #2021-07-24#T7142453954-myOrder1 is running in a workflow and meets a PostNotice Instruction. The Notice Board referenced by this instruction includes an expression for the posting order to create a Notice ID based on the daily plan date included with the Order ID. The expression extracts the date from the Order ID, i.e. 2021-27-24, and makes this date the Notice ID.
    • An expecting Order ID #2021-07-24#T7142454683-myOrder2 meets an ExpectNotice Instruction in its workflow. The instruction similarly applies the expression from the referenced Notice Board to create a Notice ID. In most situations the rule what to extract from an Order ID is the same for the posting order and for the expecting order.
      • If both instructions identify the same Notice ID, i.e. the daily plan date 2021-27-24, then the expectation is met and the order proceeds with the next step following the ExpectNotice Instruction.
      • If the expectation is not met, for example if the Notice has not yet been created by a posting order or if the daily plan date of the Notice ID is not the same for the posting order and for the expecting order then the expecting order will wait until the Notice becomes available.
• Any number of workflows can implement PostNotice Instructions and ExpectNotice Instructions referencing the same or different Notice Boards.

Workflow Instruction: PostNotice

• This instruction can be put to any position in a workflow including nested instructions such as the JS7 - If Instruction, JS7 - Try / Catch Instruction etc.
• This instruction has a single property: the name of the Notice Board.

The PostNotice Instruction is managed from a workflow in the Configuration view of JOC Cockpit: