Updates to entity data

The abstract WorkQueueBase.processWorkItem method does not have a bundle to manage database transactions related to targeted units of work. A bundle does exist at the time PolicyCenter calls your custom processWorkItem method, but PolicyCenter uses that bundle for updates to the work item. To modify entity data, you must create a bundle using the Transaction.runWithNewBundle API in your custom work queue class.

The following example code uses the runWithNewBundle transaction method to update the EscalationDate on the Activity instance from the work items that is processes.

uses gw.transaction.Transaction
...
override function processWorkItem (WorkItem : StandardWorkItem): void  {
  // Extract the unit of work: an Activity instance
  var activity = extractTarget(WorkItem)
  
  // Update the activity escalation date
  Transaction.runWithNewBundle( \ bundle -> { 
        activity = bundle.add(activity)                    // add the activity to the new bundle
        activity.EscalationDate = java.util.Date.Today } ) // update the escalation date

  return
}