Scheduling a Transition

You can use the Scheduled trigger with a transition to create a scheduled transition. You can schedule a transition to run after a certain number of hours or days after the record enters the state. For more information about how scheduled transitions work, see the Scheduled Trigger.

You can add a delay to a transition for any trigger type. However, using the Scheduled trigger type gives you more control over when a transition runs. For example, if you set a delay on a transition and use the After Record Submit trigger, the delay starts only after that trigger runs. If you use the Scheduled trigger, the transition runs after the delay, starting when the record enters the state.

To schedule a transition:

1. Create a transition. See Creating a Transition.

   Note:

   Make sure you set the Trigger On property to Scheduled.

2. In the diagrammer, double-click the state with the transition that you want to schedule and click Edit to the left of the transition on the Transitions subtab.

3. In the Workflow Transition window for the transition, set the following properties:

   Property	Description
   Delay	Number of time units specified in the Unit property until the transition runs.
   Unit	Unit of time for the Delay. Select Hour or Day.

4. Click Save.

Related Topics

• Working with Transitions
• Creating a Transition
• Editing a Transition
• Deleting a Transition
• Reordering Transitions
• Transitions Examples

General Notices