There are two ways to schedule a flow to wait – the first is by specifying a relative amount of time to wait for (e.g. 2 hours), and the second is by specifying an absolute date and time (e.g. 18/05/2015 10:43am).
Relative
The date parser for scheduling relative waits supports the syntax listed on this page (so almost anything we can think of!): http://natty.joestelmach.com/doc.jsp
- Create a new value of type String, give it a name, e.g. Time to Wait and give it Private access.
- Create a Message element.
- Type a Name to identify your element, e.g. Schedule a Wait.
- Click New.
- Select the Timer service.
- Select the Wait: Relative message action.
- Name the message action and click the Edit action next to the Schedule input. Finally select the value you created previously.
- Save everything.
Absolute
- Create a new value of type DateTime, give it a name, e.g. Time to Wait and give it Private access.
- Create a Message element.
- Type a Name to identify your element, e.g. Schedule a Wait.
- Click New.
- Select the Timer service created previously.
- Select the Wait: Absolute message action.
- Name your message action and click the Edit action next to the Schedule input. Finally select the value you created previously.
- Save everything.
Developers: Find more information on the Timer service here.