Batch to recalculate a property everyday

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Hi every one, i'm totaly new with M-Files and I'd like to know if there is a way to automaticaly recalculate the property of an object every day. Thanks

Joonas Linkola · Accepted Answer

You can develop recurring background tasks with the Vault Application Framework: https://developer.m-files.com/Frameworks/Vault-Application-Framework/Multi-Server-Mode/Recurring-Tasks/ 
 Recurring tasks would be my recommendation technically but I know there's a learning curve when starting VAF development so likely this would need to be implemented by someone with VAF experience.

bright-ideas.dk · Answer

You could place the object in a workflow that automatically cycles on a daily basis.
M-Files workflows will not allow a loop directly in automatic transitions, but you can insert a script that will change the workflow state back to a previous state.
State 1 -> automatic transition after one day -> State 2, action script that changes the workflow state back to State 1.
The script below assumes you have Aliases on your workflow states. If not, you can look up the ID manually and insert that in the script in stead.


Option Explicit
dim iWFState : iWFState = vault.WorkflowOperations.GetWorkflowStateIDByAlias("")
Dim oPropVal: Set oPropVal = CreateObject("MFilesAPI.PropertyValue")
oPropVal.PropertyDef = 39 ' Workflow states build-in property
oPropVal.TypedValue.SetValue MFDatatypeLookup, iWFState
Vault.ObjectPropertyOperations.SetProperty ObjVer, oPropVal

Wesley Weir · Answer

I can't help with the scripting side of things but something like this is the right idea. 
 You can setup scripts via some trigger, like a workflow or event, but there isn't a way to setup a scheduled task that would run a script or similar in a vault. To do something scheduled without a workaround like this would be to create an external application via the API. 
 https://developer.m-files.com/

Batch to recalculate a property everyday

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