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===== Wait ===== | {{ transformations:WaitAction.png}} |
| ====== WAIT ====== |
| Category: Workflow / Internal \\ |
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Waits for a specified number of seconds. No actions are performed while waiting. This transformation doesn't block or pause independent transformation chains in the project. | \\ |
| =====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.\\ |
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| 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:halt|Halt on condition]] |
| * [[transformations:haltontypemismatch|Halt on data type mismatch]] |
| * [[transformations:runprogram|Run external program]] |
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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]] transformation). | |