ECA cron event requires some TLC regards setting up the frequency field

Created on 22 October 2021, almost 4 years ago
Updated 6 June 2025, 3 months ago

Problem/Motivation

The event "ECA cron event" provided by the eca_base sub-module of the ECA project has a "Frequency (UTC)" input field that allows to set up the frequency by using Crontab notation. For many users, this notation might be not intuitive and/or understandable without providing any further help.

Proposed resolution

We've discussed about providing a convenient dropdown selection of some likely often used time periods, for example

  • Once every 1,5,10,15,20,30 minutes
  • Once every hour
  • Once per day, week, month, year

The selection can also prefill the crontab notation field "frequence" so that the user sees how it can be defined by that notation, possibly adjusting it to more specific needs. Alternative can be to show the crontab notation within brackets as a small hint.

Feature request
Status

Closed: won't fix

Version

1.1

Component

User interface

Created by

🇩🇪Germany mxh Offenburg

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  • 🇩🇪Germany jurgenhaas Gottmadingen

    Now that bpmn_io uses the Drupal Form API for the property panel, I'd like to defer this to a separate module that would provide a field widget for something like this. For ECA and bpmn_io this is out of scope.

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