Wait

BPMN Implementation: Timer catch event

The wait activity tells the business process to wait for a given time period or until a certain time has passed.

The wait expression conforms to an expression, where the value is an XML schema type of dateTime, date, or duration.

Required Properties	Optional Properties
Wait Expression	Selecting Activity Labels
Wait Type	Creating a Join Condition for an Incoming Link
	Process Element and Properties
	Adding Comments to a Process
	Adding Documentation to a Process
	Setting Visual Properties and Using Your Own Library of Images
	Viewing the Execution State of an Activity or Link
	Declaring Extension Elements and Attributes.

1. Drag a Timer catch event to the Process Editor canvas.
2. In the Properties view, select a Wait Type: Duration or Deadline. You can select a static duration or deadline or create an expression.
3. Select the duration or deadline static control or click the Dialog (...) Button next to Deadline or Duration Expression.
4. In the Expression box, specify one of the following:

- For a deadline, specify a date and time, such as '2010-12-12T12:00'. Be sure to include the single quotes.
- For a duration, specify a time, such as 'P1DT10S'. Be sure to include the single quotes.

In addition to the few examples below for deadline and duration expressions, you can see the examples given in the XML schema specification.

The following illustration shows an example of using a wait activity.

See the following:

<wait (for="duration-expr" |
until="deadline-expr")standard-attributes>
standard-elements
</wait>

Examples: