Apply deadlines and delays to activities

You can apply deadlines and delays to activities in a DCR graph using relations, which means that you can execute an activity automatically after a certain amount of time has passed (a delay) or when a certain point in time is reached (a deadline). Users will see the date that is calculated on the basis of the deadline in the Due date column in the activities preview pane in WorkZone Client.

See Deadlines in the WorkZone Client User Guide.

Deadline

You can define a deadline for an activity to be executed. The deadline is relative and is calculated from the point in time that an activity is executed.

In the DCR graph, you can add deadlines to the Response relation type.

For more information about the Response relation type, see the DCR documentation. .

Delay

In addition to deadlines you can define a delay which will enable an activity with a delay or execute it with a delay if the activity is of the type AUTO. The delay is calculated from the time that an activity is executed.

In the DCR graph, you can add delays to the Condition relation type.

For more information about the Condition relation type, see the DCR documentation. .

Set a deadline or a delay on an activity

1. In your DCR graph, insert a relation of the type Response if you want to apply a deadline or Condition if you want to apply a delay.
2. In Options, enter a deadline in the Deadline field or a delay in the Delay field depending on the relation type and what you want the graph to do.

The notation for deadlines and delays is: days.hours:minutes:seconds

If you only specify, for example, 2 it means two whole days.

For more information about use of deadlines and delays in DCR graphs, see the DCR documentation. .