Service Manager

Wait for Child Workflow Block

•About the Wait for Child Workflow Block

•Exit Ports

•Properties

•Actions

•Example

•Troubleshooting

About the Wait for Child Workflow Block

Wait for Child Workflow Block Properties

The Wait for Child workflow block waits for one of the following: a condition specified in the block to become true for a child business object, or for a timer to expire. By default, exit ports for this block allow for separate workflow paths based on these events.

Do not use the Wait for Child workflow block with approvals, because approvals have their own wait functionality.

The timeout behavior is as follows:

•If value-based timer (such as duration) is specified by values:

days	==	null && hours == null && minutes == null,	then infinite timeout or never times out
days	==	-1 && hours == -1 && minutes == -1,	then infinite timeout or never times out
days	<=	0 && hours <= 0 && minutes <= 0,	then Immediately times out and timeout exit is used
days	>	0 && hours > 0 && minutes > 0,	then combined value is set as the timeout and exit timeout is used when the time passes.

•If field-based timer:

fieldvalue	==	null,	then infinite timeout or never times out
fieldvalue	<=	UtcNow,	then immediately times out and timeout exit used
fieldvalue	>	UtcNow,	then combined value is set as the timeout and exit timeout is used when the time passes

Exit Ports

You can define additional exit ports under the Exits Configuration tab. See Exits Configuration.

Exit Port	Description
ok	Continue to the next block.
timed out	General exit port for a failed integration action. A logical next step is to trigger a notification.

Properties

Property	Description
Title	A unique name for the workflow block.
Relationship Name	An available relationship for the child business object. Select from the drop-down list.
How many children should satisfy conditions	All: All children must satisfy the conditions. Any: Any child can satisfy the conditions. At least: The minimum number of children that must satisfy the conditions.
Timeout
Field	The due date is generated relative to the field selected from the drop-down list.
Duration	Defines the due date according to the interval defined in the Days, Hrs (hours), and Mins (minutes) fields.
Child Conditions
AND / OR	The child filter condition.
Field	The operand. Select from the drop-down list.
Operator	An additional operator. Select from the drop-down list.
Value	Adds a value. Depending on the child business object, this can be a drop-down list or calendar selection.

Actions

Button	Action
	Adds an expression to the workflow block.
	Removes an expression from the list.
Save	Commits your settings.
Cancel	Exits without saving.

Example

See Example: Using Task Status with the WaitForChild Workflow Block.

Troubleshooting

See Troubleshooting the WaitForChild Workflow Block.