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Defining a Wait Step

You can define a wait step to pause a process instance.

To define a wait step

1. Select the appropriate workflow process in the Workflow Processes OBLE.
2. Right-click and choose Edit Workflow Process.
3. Drag and drop the Wait icon from the palette to the workspace.
4. In the WF Steps applet, enter a name for the step, and a description of the purpose of the step.
5. Select the Wait icon, right-click and choose Show Input Arguments.
6. In the Input Arguments applet, enter input arguments. See To define input arguments for a wait step.

   NOTE:  For durations greater than 60 seconds, specify minutes or a greater unit of measure so that business component data is refreshed. Workflow is resumed from Workflow Process Manager when units of minutes or higher are specified. Wait steps with durations measured in anything other than seconds are automatically persisted.

To define input arguments for a wait step

1. In the Input Arguments applet, right-click and choose New Record.
2. Select the property name from the picklist.
3. Choose an input argument type. The choices available are:
   • Literal
   • Input Argument
   • Expression
   • Business Component
4. If the input argument type you chose is
   • Literal, then enter a value.
   • Input Argument, then enter the argument.
   • Business Component, then select the applicable business component name and business component field.
5. Enter any appropriate comments.