1. Business Process Framework: Workflow Guide
  2. Adding a Wait Step

Adding a Wait Step

The wait step is a type of Workflow Process step that pauses a Workflow Process for a specific amount of time or until an event occurs. You can pause a Workflow Process instance for seconds, minutes, hours, or days.

If a Workflow Process includes a wait step, then it is persistent, by default.

You can use the wait step for testing and development. Unlike the Siebel operation step, you can use the wait step without affecting business component data. For an example, see Defining a Runtime Event in a One-to-Many Relationship.

To add a wait step

  1. In the Workflow Process, set the Workflow Mode property to Interactive Flow. For more information, see Setting the Workflow Mode Property.

  2. Select the Wait step from the Palettes pane, then drag and drop it on the canvas.

  3. In the Multi Value Property Window (MVPW) pane, define input arguments and output arguments for the wait step.

    For more information, see Using Process Properties.

    If you define a duration argument that is greater than 60 seconds, then you can use minutes or a larger unit of measure so that Siebel CRM refreshes business component data. If you use minutes or higher, then Siebel CRM resumes the Workflow Process from the Workflow Process Manager. If you use any duration other than seconds, then Siebel CRM considers the Workflow Process as persistent.