Schedule a Workflow

You can call a workflow from a workflow and schedule it to start at a later time and date.

You schedule workflows in another workflow by using the Schedule workflow element.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Automation Orchestrator Client.
2. Navigate to Library > Workflows, and select your workflow.
3. Select the Schema tab.
4. Drag a Schedule workflow element from the Generic menu to the appropriate position in the workflow schema.
5. Under Workflow, select the workflow you want to call.
6. (Optional) If prompted, promote workflow input parameters or variables for use by the workflow.
7. Under Inputs, bind the required input parameters to the workflow.
8. Under Options > Output Options, bind the required output parameters to the workflow.
9. Under Exception handling, define the exception behavior of the workflow.
10. To finish editing your workflow, click Save.

Results

You scheduled a workflow to start at a given time and date from another workflow.