Workflow Actions - Suspend
  • 07 Jul 2025
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Overview

The Suspend action allows for indicating a period for which the workflow should be suspended. This action can be useful if there are external events or variables that require the suspension of the workflow until a later time. The action allows for suspending based on a workflow expression or a date/time combination.

Suspend Workflow Variant Based on Choice of Date Type

WORKFLOW EXPRESSION

DATE/TIME

Field

Required (Y/N)

Description

Name

YES

Enter a name for this Failed action step.

Description

NO

Optional description of the Failed action step.

Previous Action

NO

A read-only field if a previous action exists,  it will be populated with the name of that action.

Next Action

YES

Choose the next action step to perform next after the Failed action has resolved.

Date Type

NO

Choose between Workflow Expression or Date/Time

Suspend Workflow Until (Workflow Expression)

YES

Use a valid workflow expression to define the criteria for how the workflow should be suspended.

— OR —

Suspend Workflow Until (Date/Time)

YES

Choose a date and time to indicate the end of the workflow suspension period.


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