Event in meta chain

Hi All,
I have a requirement like ,the last local process chain(L) in the metachain should trigger only after the completion of all local chains above it and the other process chain(A) which is not included in this meta chain.For this I have created a metachain like ,
1.it has 4 local chains in it
2.AND process type
3.Last local chain(L)
In this last local chain(L) ,I have included event(this event is included at the end of the other process chain(A) which is not in this meta chain) in its direct scheduling.
When I tested this process chain,in a way that, first I scheduled the other process chain(A), and the metachain.so the last loacal chain(L) waited for all its above local chains to complete even though the other process chain(A) which has event programme completed first.
But when I tested vice versa, that is,first I scheduled the metachain,then this last loacal chain(L) didn't wait for that the other process chain(A) to complete.
Can you please let me know how to meet this condition using event.
Thanks All

Hi,
As mentioned above, an event is used to trigger the process chain.
Just to give you an example,
Suppose that you dont want your daily process chain to get triggered on saturday.
In that case, you can write a program to check which day of the week it is, and return an event id through the program.
This program can be used in a new process chain, which will execute everyday.
This event id can then be used in the start variant of your process chain, using the option After Event.
Hence, your daily process chain will get triggered only if the Event id returns the day as Sunday to Friday.
It will not get triggered on Saturdays.
Hope this helps....

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