We had a similar request in a project of ours, and managed to make it work with the following workaround.
Use a Fork Step with 2 branchs and in "necessary finished branches" option, set it to 1.
In 1 branch, use the steps you normally would use in the block w/ deadline main branch.
In the other branch, use a transformation step with a particular mapping.
This mapping should be from the message you receive in "start process" receive step to any other target (you could create a dummy target message type or use the same message type of source message). In the message mapping, supposing you use target message = source message, just map all fields into the respective targets. In particular, in the field with the value you want to set to the deadline, use a UDF between the source and the target. Supposing the waiting interval is in seconds, use the UDF as:
...
int delay = Integer.parseInt(a);
try {
Thread.sleep(delay*1000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Error in waiting function.");
}
...
This way you can have any time interval you want (including intervals shorter than 1 minute).
Regards,
Henrique.
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