The mobile app supplies the ‘ask’ and ‘confirm’ card but what if the user doesn’t answer? Is the flow “hung”?
I’m asking for an enhancement to these cards. Add a new field call ‘timeout’ (specified in seconds). If the user doesn’t answer within the timeout, the card follows the false path.
It does eventually time out. I don’t know after how many seconds, but it’s definitely shorter than an hour.
I’m asking if the garage door should be opened. The question needs to be resolved sooner than the current timeout.
Just to clarify: You used the push flow card from the “And…” section, which only has Yes/No options. As far as I know, the timeout for this card is 30 minutes. At least, that’s what I read here on the forum.
The “Ask” push flow card that the TO is referring to is located in the “Then…” section and has only one connection option on the right side. However, this card also has a connection point for an error message on the bottom.
If the connection point for errors on the bottom of the flow card eventually returns a timeout or another error, this would need to be checked.
Thanks guys.
Say I code the error path (timeout) to close the garage door for security. Say this timer is running for 30 minutes.
In the mean time I ignore the ASK question and just go in a different door and open the garage door manually.
Will the door close after the 30 minute timeout? I hope not.
I don’t know. Why don’t you try out the workflow with timeline notifications or virtual devices instead of directly with the garage door?
Thanks @DirkG. Rather than run down that path, I’m asking the devs to add a timeout to the confirm and ask cards in Mobile. If that doesn’t pan out I’ll have to do something else.
