Make a Process Wait for a Specified Time
To make a process wait for a specified time, do the procedure in this topic.
Examples
- (Example) Configure a Timer activity
- Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.
Good to Know
- In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.
- You can configure whether this activity waits for other activities before it runs.
For more information, refer to How Do I Configure an Activity to Wait for Other Incoming Activities?
How to Start
- On the Application Explorer screen, do one of these:
- Do one of these:
- Add an activity:
- In the Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Common
tab. - On the Common tab,
drag the Timer
activity onto your process.
- In the Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Common
- Change an activity:
- In your process, double-click your activity.
- Add an activity:
Procedure
- On the Set Time screen, do one of these:
- To pause a process for a specified interval of time, complete these fields
as necessary.
Field Name Definition Time Period
- Function:
- Indicates that the process is delayed for a specified span of time before moving to the next activity.
- Accepted Values:
- Selected - The delay expires based on a timed duration.
- Deselected - The delay expires based on a date.
- Default Value:
- Selected
- Example:
- Refer to:
Time
- Function:
- Specifies the time for your delay using a number of time units.
- Accepted Values:
- A number of minutes, hours, days, seconds, or weeks.
- Default Value:
- 1 Day
- Accepts Process Data Variables:
- No
- Example:
- Refer to:
My Organization's Business Time
- Function:
- Determines whether the time span represents actual time, or business hours only.
- Accepted Values:
-
- Deselected - The time span represents actual time. It is unaffected by any business time configuration settings.
- Selected - The time span represents a span of business hours only. For example, 5 days of business time might be equivalent to 7 days of actual time. 8 hours of business time might be equivalent to 24 hours of actual time.
- Default Value:
- Deselected
- Example:
- The Business Time property is set to True, and business hours are configured as 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A Manual activity with a Time Span of 6 business hours is entered at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, then the task must be completed by 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
- To pause a process until a specified date, complete these fields
as necessary.
Field Name Definition Specific Date
- Function:
- Indicates that a process is delayed until a specified date occurs before moving to the next activity.
- Accepted Values:
- Deselected - The delay expires based on a timed duration.
- Selected - The delay expires based on a date.
- Default Value:
- Deselected
Date
- Function:
- Specifies the date the delay ends, and the process goes to the next activity in the process.
- Accepted Values:
- A process data variable that contains the date value.
- Default Value:
- None
- Accepts Process Data Variables:
- Yes
- To pause a process for a specified interval of time, complete these fields
as necessary.