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====== WAIT ======
Category: Workflow / Internal \\

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=====Description=====
This action pauses the action chain for a specified number of seconds. No actions are performed during this wait time. This action doesn't block or pause independent action chains in the project.

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=====Use cases=====
Waiting for external processes to finish (e.g. after triggering an external application using [[transformations:runprogram|Run external program]] action).


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=====Action settings=====
^Setting^Description^
|Pause for<sup>*</sup>|Select/Enter the number of seconds to wait.|
<sup>*</sup> Setting can be specified using a [[:parameters|parameter]].\\

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=====Remarks=====
Holding down CTRL while clicking the up/down buttons increases/decreases the value by 10.\\
Holding down SHIFT while clicking the up/down buttons increases/decreases the value by 100.\\
Holding down CTRL+SHIFT while clicking the up/down buttons increases/decreases the value by 1000.\\

When running a process using Wait, depending on the length of time set, the "Still running…" window may open and display the amount of elapsed time waiting.\\

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=====Community examples=====
  * [[https://community.easymorph.com/t//2191/4|Question: What controls the limits of how many actions can be executed simultaneously?]] ([[https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/short-url/pDZeuJ0RB6tEbAZ3bbx8cvlMCrO.morph|Project]]; Module: //Main//; Group: //Workload//; Table: //Pipe11//; Action position: //2//)
  * [[https://community.easymorph.com/t//2191/4|Question: What controls the limits of how many actions can be executed simultaneously?]] ([[https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/short-url/pDZeuJ0RB6tEbAZ3bbx8cvlMCrO.morph|Project]]; Module: //Main//; Group: //Workload//; Table: //Pipe22//; Action position: //2//)
  * [[https://community.easymorph.com/t//2191/4|Question: What controls the limits of how many actions can be executed simultaneously?]] ([[https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/short-url/pDZeuJ0RB6tEbAZ3bbx8cvlMCrO.morph|Project]]; Module: //Main//; Group: //Workload//; Table: //Pipe33//; Action position: //2//)
  * [[https://community.easymorph.com/t//2641/1|How to publish real-time data to streaming dataset in Power BI]] ([[https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/short-url/22DTxfF295TVGQhGyvWGsHyadRt.morph|Project]]; Module: //Main//; Group: //Tab 1//; Table: //Table 1//; Action position: //7//)

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=====See also=====
  * [[transformations:breakpoint|Breakpoint]]
  * [[transformations:halt|Halt on condition]]
  * [[transformations:haltontypemismatch|Halt on data type mismatch]]
  * [[transformations:runprogram|Run external program]]