To set a delay, decide where in the flow you want to pause the runtime processing and if you want to set the delay for specific time at which the processing will continue to the next activity in the flow or if you want to set it relative to when processing on the delay activity begins.
To set a delay:
Place the Delay (simple activity) between the activities where you want to pause processing.
Select the Delay activity and display the property settings for the activity.
In the Properties view, use the drop-down list to select the Absolute or Relative time value.
Set the time values for the delay:
For a Relative delay time period:
Select the Delay Units (Months, Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds) for the basic unit of time before the timer expires.
Set the Duration of the delay by specifying a literal value or selecting a context property.
For an Absolute delay time period:
Set the Time
stamp string by specifying a literal value or selecting a context property.
Format: CCYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSS
Example: 2004-11-11 13:18:10.000
