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Administrators configuring Workflows.

Workflow Designer access is required.

The Wait on Workflow automation option forces the Workflow to stop at the automation step until one or more other Workflows move to a specific step. Just as with the data copier automation, these Workflows must be related through a family tree via the Workflow launcher automation.

In other words, Internal Audit #5221 must know which specific Corrective Action instance to Wait on out of any potentially open instances. It knows this because at some point the Workflow Launcher created a family tree of relationships between #5221 and #33008.

If a parent is configured to Wait on a child that never gets launched by the time it reaches the Waiting step (due to alternate routing or otherwise), the parent will recognize that the child was not launched and will not Wait.

1. Setting up Wait

To create a Wait on Workflow step:

1. From a Workflow definition that already includes steps and Routes, create an Automation step.
2. Give it a Title and select Automation from the dropdown.
3. Select Add step.
4. Create routes to and from the step, locating it appropriately in the overall Workflow.
5. Select the newly created automation step in the outline, as shown below, to open its settings menu.
6. Select Wait on Workflow from the System Actions dropdown menu.

7. Then select the Workflow to be delayed by from the Choose Workflow to Wait On drop-down, and select the specific step in that process to release the delay from the Until the Workflow Reaches the Step menu.
8. Click Add Automation.
9. If desired, add additional system actions, including more Wait on Workflow configurations for other Workflows.