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These activities are used when you require workflow logic to start an event during run time.
Wait for Event Activity
The Wait For Event activity waits for one or more events to occur, based on the events added to this activity; otherwise, it can be set to time out.

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    Activities comprise the main building blocks or steps that perform the actions in a subprocess or workflow.
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    Workflow can utilize third-party activities that are compatible with Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation.
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    A user activity defines part of a user-defined process in a workflow process step. For a workflow to run, all user activities must be valid (contain no errors) and enabled (active).
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    These activities are used for passing information and data between workflows and activities.
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    These activities are used for creating changes in a workflow, such as starting or stopping activities, during run time.
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    These activities are used for working with a messaging queue in order to co-ordinate work between workflows and activities.
  - Flow Control Activities
    These activities are used to create multiple execution layers within workflow logic.
  - Event-based Activities
    These activities are used when you require workflow logic to start an event during run time.
    - Create Event Activity
      The Create Event activity allows you to create a condition event for a workflow.
    - Wait for Event Activity
      The Wait For Event activity waits for one or more events to occur, based on the events added to this activity; otherwise, it can be set to time out.
      - Configure a Wait For Event activity
      - Add an event to the Wait For Event activity
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    You can use keywords to replace text in work instructions and email subjects and bodies. This text is replaced with keyword values in a workflow at run time.
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    These activities are used by operators when a workflow is running the Task List.
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    These activities are used when working with the eSOP Editor.
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Wait for Event Activity

The Wait For Event activity waits for one or more events to occur, based on the events added to this activity; otherwise, it can be set to time out.

The Wait For Event activity can subscribe to events created in the Event model. To use these events in the current workflow's Wait for Event activity, they must be added to External Events in the subprocess or workflow configuration panels.

The Wait For Event activity can also subscribe to local events created in a workflow by the Create Event Activity, or may trigger Event Handlers.

General Settings

The following table describes the wait behaviors available for this activity:

Wait for...	Value	Description
All events to occur	N/A	Select this option if you want the activity to wait for all events in the events list to occur before moving to the next activity.
Any event to occur	N/A	Select this option if it does not matter which event in the events list occurs before moving to the next activity.
Timeout	User-defined TimeSpan (days, hours:minutes:seconds)	Specifies a timeout condition where the activity waits for one or more activities to occur, or timeout at the specified time. You can bind to other workflow, subprocess, or activity properties, or build an expression based on existing workflow values.

Events

Attribute	Value	Description
Add Event	N/A	Click this button if you want to add more than one event to the Events list.
Ellipsis	User-defined	Click this button to select an event resource.
Remove Event button	N/A	Click this button to remove the current event resource.
Remove Event button	N/A	Click this button to remove the current event resource.
Event Source	System-defined	Displays the name of any preconfigured event that has been added.
Outputs: Occurred	System-defined	The default is a Boolean data type that can be bound to a workflow, subprocess, or activity variable.
Outputs: other	User-defined	Output properties are dependent on the configuration of selected events.

Property Values

The following property values are available for this activity:

Property	Value	Description
TimedOut	Boolean	Indicates whether the event timed out or not. Output is True or False.
Timeout	TimeSpan	Indicates the time to time out.
WaitForAll	Boolean	Indicates if this activity will wait for all events to occur. Output is True or False.
WaitDefinition	System-defined	Output based on configuration of the wait definition.