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This section includes information about the configuration option Suspend Execution.

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Grouping workflows is possible in the Suspend Execution for the sole purpose of suspending them during a defined period of time. These groups are not workflow group configurations.

Suspend Execution

To open the Suspend Execution configuration, click  Build → New Configuration, and then select Suspend Execution from the menu.

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ButtonDescription

Enables you to include or exclude the following from the Available To Add list:

  • Workflow Groups

  • Workflows

  • Batch and Task workflows

  • Real-time workflows

Suspend Execution Tabs

Suspend Execution includes two tabs:

  • Members Tab
  • Scheduling Tab

Members Tab

In the Members tab you select workflows that you want to suspend temporarily, i.e. workflows that should not be executed during specific periods of time.

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Button

Description

Click to add a member to the list.

Scheduling Tab

From the Scheduling tab you suspend and enable the activation of workflows that you select on the Members tab, if they are executed during the suspension interval.

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ColumnDescription

Time

When you click the Add Row button that is located at the bottom of the Scheduling tab, a new row appears in the Scheduling tab table. This row includes the current time stamp. You change the time stamp to a future date by first double-clicking the row and then clicking the button that appears in the selected row. Then, from the Time Chooser dialog, you select a time and a date.

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titleNote!

As soon as a specified date has passed, according to the Desktop (client) clock, the text in the affected row becomes italicized.


Enable

Double-click the table cell to select it, and then check to enable the activation of the workflow at the specified time stamp.

Disable

Double-click the table cell to select it, and then check to suspend the workflow at the specified time stamp.

To Suspend a Workflow

  1. On the Members tab, from the Available To Add list, select the workflow or the workflow group, that you want to suspend during a certain period of time.

  2. Click to select the row; the  button appears.

  3. Click the  button to move each selection into the Members list on the right-hand side of the tab.

  4. On the Scheduling tab, click the  button; the current timestamp is added to the table.

  5. At this point, you can either suspend the workflow immediately by checking Disable, or you can edit the time and date to have the suspension start later. To do this, select the relevant row and click the  (Edit) button; the Date Chooser dialog opens.

  6. Select the year, month, day, and input the hour and minutes. Click OK. The row is updated with a later time stamp.

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The Platform should be running when both the suspend and the enable activation dates occur, for these actions to be effective.

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