| Name
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None
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The name to be displayed as the label for the activity in the process.
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| Start Time
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Yes
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The day and time to start the process. To run the process periodically, the start time indicates the first time to run the process.
The local machine’s time zone is used to determine the process start. If the project is running on machines in different time zones, the time zone of the machine where the project was saved, is used. Use a process property in this field to provide start times relative to the time zone where the project is deployed. If you provide a process property for this field, the format of the specified time must be:
yyyy MMM dd HH:mm:ss z
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| Run Once
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None
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Indicates this process should be run only once on the day and time indicated by the
Start Time field.
If you do not select this check box, the
Time Interval and
Interval Unit fields are displayed that you can use to specify the frequency of the process.
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| Time Interval
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Yes
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The integer indicating the number of units specified in the
Interval Unit field. For example, if a value of
1 is specified and the
Interval Unit field is specified as
Hour, a new process is started every hour beginning at the time specified in the
Start Time field.
- If a value of
2 is specified and the
Interval Unit field is specified as
Month, a process is started every other month, beginning at the time specified in the Start Time field.
- If the value specified is less than one second (1000 milliseconds), the timer ignores the specified interval and is triggered once every second.
Note: Using
Literal Value,
Module Property, and
Process Property in this field, specifies the time interval in milliseconds and the
Interval Unit field is not displayed.
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| Interval Unit
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None
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The unit of time to use with the
Time Interval field to determine how often to start a new process. The units can be:
Millisecond,
Second,
Minute,
Hour,
Day,
Week,
Month, and
Year.
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| End After
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None
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Specify the number of occurrences or the end time here. Select from the following available options:
- Never: Click the
Never radio button if you want to continuously execute the process instance. For example, if the Time Interval value specified is
5 and the Interval Unit specified is
Second, the process instance executes every 5 seconds.
- Occurrences: Clicking the
Occurrences radio button displays the
Occurrences field. Specify the number of occurrences of the process instance execution. This field can be configured with
Literal Value,
Module Property, and
Process Property.
- End Time: Clicking the
End Time radio button displays the
End Time field. Specify the end time and date when you want the process to end. This field can be configured with
Literal Value,
Module Property, and
Process Property.
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