The timer task is used to add a time gap between the executions of two tasks. In other words, you can specify the time in the timer task to wait before the process triggers the next task in the workflow. Also, another option in the timer task allows you to start the next task after a particular time gap in the workflow.
The timer task has two types of settings:
To create a timer task in Workflow Manager, perform the following steps:
tm_TASK_NAME
. For our reference, we are using the Timer task's name as tm_TIME_GAP
. Click on Create, and then click on Done.The timer task appears in Workflow Manager. Use the link task to connect the start task to the timer task.
For reference, we have selected Relative time in the preceding screenshot. Based on the selection, our timer task will start the execution after 2 hours from the end of previous task.