Scheduling of BPM Processes

Hi,
   We have a scenario IDoc->XI->File. Here we are collecting IDocs from SAP-ISU system and doing N:1 mapping using BPM and writes into a single file. Here we do this by using a loop inside a block and the deadline
branch of the block we are saying duration of collect process as 4 hours. Now as per this logic the collection process will get triggered after the first IDoc hits the XI system.
   But the business requirement for this process is like in a day file should be send only once. i.e., we'll have to collect the idocs and send it in a single file w/o the wait time in our BPM but should be scheduled for a particular time in each and every day.
   Whats the best possible solution for the same? Pls do provide suggestions.
Thanks & regards,
Jayakrishnan

Hi Jayakrishnan,
plz choose in ur Deadline Branch for "Reference Date/Time" the value "Expression" and u can configure fixe dates.
Regards,
Udo

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