Suspend Execution (3.0)
This section includes information about the configuration option Suspend Execution.
The Suspend Execution configuration enables you to apply a restriction that prevents specific workflows and/or workflow groups from running in specific periods of time.
Note!
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 considered workflow group configurations.
Suspend Execution
To open the Suspend Execution configuration, click the button in the upper left part of the Desktop window, and then select from the menu.
Suspend Execution Menu
The main menu changes depending on which configuration type that has been opened in the currently active tab. There is a set of standard menu items that are visible for all configurations and these are described in the Desktop user's guide.
The menu items that are specific for Suspend Execution configurations are described in the following sections:
The View Menu
Menu option | Description |
|---|---|
The Member toolbar is located beneath the Members table, and consists of the Remove button. Make sure this option is selected if you want to have the button visible in the view. To remove the button, clear the check box for this option. | |
Enables you to include or exclude the following from the Available to Add list:
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Suspend Execution Buttons
The toolbar changes depending on which configuration type that is currently open in the active tab. There is a set of standard buttons that are visible for all configurations and these buttons are described in the Desktop user's guide.
There are no additional buttons for Suspend Execution.
Suspend Execution Tabs
Suspend Execution includes two tabs:
- Members Tab
- Scheduling Tab
Members Tab
In the Members tab you select the workflows which execution you want to suspend during specific periods of time.
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Available to Add | Upper pane: A tree view of the workflows and workflow groups that are saved within their respective configurations, are available to you to apply execution suspension for. Lower pane: A list of workflows that are included in the workflow configuration that you select from, in the upper pane. Note! A workflow group can be a member of another workflow group. |
Members | A list of the current workflow group members. |
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.
The Suspend Execution configuration - Scheduling tab
The Scheduling tab contains the following table columns:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
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 box, you select a time and a date. Note! As soon as a specified date has passed, according to the Desktop (client) clock, the text in that 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. |
Execution Suspension
You configure execution suspension of workflows, and/or their enabled activation, from the Suspend Execution configuration.
To Suspend a Workflow
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.
Click to select the row; the
button appears.Click the
button to move each selection into the Members list on the right hand side of the tab.On the Scheduling tab, click the Add Row button
; the current time stamp is added to the table.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 that select the relevant row and click the three dots (...); the Date Chooser dialog box opens.
Select the year, month, day, hour, and minutes and click OK; the row is updated with a later time stamp.
Check Enable, to remove the execution suspension, or Disable, to suspend a workflow at the specified time.
Save the Suspend Execution configuration.
The Platform should be running when both the suspend- and the enabled activation dates occur, for these actions to be effective.