Process Activities / Utilities tab
Parent topic: Utilities tab

Wait For Milestone activity

An activity that, when used together with the Pass Milestone activity, lets a process wait for an event that is not in the process, and then continue once the event is complete.

For example, if an activity can not start until an approval occurs in a subprocess, you can use this activity to control the process based on that event.. The Pass Milestone and Wait for Milestone activities work together in a caller/listener model to support this functionality.



Configure the Wait For Milestone activity

To configure the Wait For Milestone activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Prerequisites

  • To operate, the Wait For Milestone activity, you first configure the Pass Milestone activity in your process.

    For more information, refer to Pass Milestone activity.

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. On the Organizer, do one of these:
  2. Do one of these:
    • Add an activity:
      1. In the Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Utilities tab.
      2. On the Utilities tab, drag the Wait For Milestone activity onto your process.
    • Change an activity:
      1. In your process, double-click your activity.

Procedure

  1. Complete the fields on the General Configuration screen.

    For more information, refer to Configure General Options for a System Activity.

  2. Click Select Process .
  3. On the Select Process screen, do one of these:
    • To use a specified process model for your current process, do the procedure in this topic.
      1. Click Current Process.
    • To use a specified process model for your subprocess, do the procedure in this topic.
      1. Click Subprocess.
      2. Select Predefined Subprocess (Only from this Application) or Predefined Subprocess (From all the Application).
  4. Click Wait For Milestone .
  5. Complete the fields on the Wait For Milestone Configuration screen.

    For more information, refer to Set a Milestone to Wait for an Event.

  6. (Optional) Click Advanced > E-mail Notification .

    For more information, refer to Configure E-mail Notifications for Any Activity

General Configuration

Specifies the common information for a system activity.



Fields

Field Name Definition

Display Name
Function:
Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Description
Function:
Specifies an optional description for your activity.
Accepted Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Select Process

Specifies the type of process to set the Pass Milestone.



Fields

Field Name Definition

Select Pass Milestone For
Function:
Specifies the process with the Pass Milestone.
Accepted Values:
  • Current Process - Specifies the Pass Milestone activity is in this process.
  • Subprocess - Specifies the Pass Milestone activity is in a subprocess.
Default Value:
Current Process

Wait For Milestone Configuration

Specifies the event for which you want the process to wait.



Fields

Field Name Definition

Process Models
Function:
Specifies the process with the Pass Milestone activity for which you want the current activity to wait.
Accepted Values:
A valid process model name.
Default Value:
None

Milestone Activities for Process Template
Function:
Specifies the Pass Milestone activity to wait for.
Accepted Values:
The name of a Pass Milestone activity in the list.
Default Value:
None
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Documentation Updated: December 3, 2015

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