How to get Process startTimeString

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Hi Guys,

I try to get the startTimeSting for a process instance. But all given services in the wmMonitor package only returns the auditTimeString which represents the date of the last change.

Have everyone an idea how I can get the startTimeString for a process instance.

Thanks for help.
Mario

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I’d say you should retrieve all the steps of the process instance and then find the step with the earliest date. That will be the process start time. I don’t think the start time is available directly.

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Thanks for reply. So I found a Service (ws.monitor.process.instance:getDetails) which returns the start Time as milliseconds.

To convert the milliseconds to a date string I have create a little Java service which I used as transformer in a mapping step.

Input: startTime as java.lang.long
Output: startTimeString as sting


public static final void convertJavaDate(IData pipeline)
			throws ServiceException {
		IDataCursor cursor = pipeline.getCursor();
		
		long startTime = 0;
		long startTimeTemp = 0;
		String startTimeString = null;
					
		try {
				startTimeTemp = IDataUtil.getLong(cursor, "startTime", startTime);
		
				startTimeString = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm").format(new Date(startTimeTemp));
			
				IDataUtil.put(cursor, "startTimeString", startTimeString);
			
			} catch (Exception e) {
				throw new ServiceException(e);
			} finally {
				cursor.destroy();
			}
	}

Hope this will help anyone;)
Mario

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YES, Thanks for sharing.

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Use it at your own risk. It’s an internal service and is subject to change without notice. I wouldn’t use it if there is an official way to achieve the goal.