You set the timeout.date variable for a user interaction to set how long the workflow waits for a user to respond to a user interaction.

You set an absolute time and date in the Date object. When the time on the given date arrives, the workflow that is waiting for a user interaction times out and ends in the Failed state. For example, you can set the user interaction to timeout at midday on February 12th. To calculate a timeout that is relative to the current time and date, see Calculate a Relative Timeout for User Interactions.

Prerequisites

Add a user interaction element to the workflow schema.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Automation Orchestrator Client.
  2. Navigate to Library > Workflows, and select your workflow.
  3. Select the Schema tab.
  4. Select the User interaction element.
  5. Expand the Options menu.
  6. Click Select variable for the timeout.date source parameter to set which users can respond to the user interaction.
  7. Click Create New.
  8. Name the parameter.
  9. Under Value, use the calendar to select an absolute date and time until which the workflow waits for the user to respond.
  10. Click Create.
  11. To save the changes to your workflow, click Save.

Results

You set the timeout.date variable to an absolute date. The workflow times out if the user does not respond to the user interaction before this time and date.