I'd like to implement retention scheduling but I don't really want to keep track of when documents are eligible for cutoff and then run the process manually. The cutoff process is necessary to start the retention schedule on a document, correct?

I've noticed that the SDK contains a cutoffeligibility property as well as a cutoff method. Could I script a solution to check the cutoff eligibility of my different records and run the cutoff process if they're eligible? Besides the need to trust my program to function properly, are there any downsides to this automation? I'd assume that so long as I set the retention schedule to an appropriate amount of time I wouldn't have any issues.

Can anyone offer any advice?

EDIT:

Okay, I've learned how the cutoff process works, and it would be feasible to script the process. In fact I might look into setting everything up as a Business Process. 

I just have one question now...how in the world do the RecordProperties properties work? I'm not used to properties within C# yet.

I get that I initialize a RecordProperties object...but then how do I tell the object where my actual record is? How do I get that specific record's properties?

 

 RecordProperties RecProps = new RecordProperties()
        {
            // At which record am I looking?
            // I haven't set anything related to a record
            // I am a confused person
            // I know I can set/get information here though
            // But none of the properties look like what I think I need
        };