JR45899: TIMER EVENTS ARE RESPECTING BLACKOUT CALENDARS ONLY, IF THE RULES ARE ALL BASED ON THE "DATE/TIME RANGE"

Version 8.0.1 Fix Pack 2 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Timer events are respecting blackout calendars only, if the
  blackout calendar's rules are all based on the "Date/Time
  Range".
  Rules based on the "Weekday/Time Range" are ignored, which
  causes the timer events to fire at the specified date/time,
  even if that date/time is ruled-out by the blackout calendar.
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• Problem Description:
  In the ProcessAdmin Console, under Event Manager > Blackout
  Peroids,
  you can specify blackout periods. During these periods no
  scheduled events should be fired.
  There are 2 possibilities to specify these periods:
  - via Date/Time Range or
  - via Weekday/Time Range.
  
  If you specify Timer events using the Date/Time Range, the
  system works as expected.
  This is, during the blackout period no scheduled events are
  fired.
  If you specify Timer event using the Weekday/Time Range, the
  specified intervals are
  ignored, this is: even during the intervals specified as
  blackout periods, scheduled
  events are fired.
  
  Problem Summary:
  The problem was that the algorithm that determines whether a
  period is blacked out or not had a subtle flaw.
  

Problem conclusion

• Problem Conclusion:
  The algorithm that detects the blackout periods was corrected.
  
  
  FIX AVAILABILITY:
  
  
  iFix for 8.0.1.0 is available on Fix Central, search for APAR
  JR45899 at http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
  iFix for 8.0.1.1 is available on Fix Central, search for APAR
  JR45899 at http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
  Fix is also targetted for inclusion in next fixpack for
  BPM 8.0.1, BPM 8.5.0
  
  When obtaining any of the above fixes, be sure to download the
  accompanying readme, for itself and any prerequisite fixes, and
  review them thorougly.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  BPM EXPRESS

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9600

Applicable component levels

• R801 PSY

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