> #### 5.5.7 Define Delay Node attributes

> Note: If you are using the Interstage Business Process Manager Entry Edition, this feature will be unavailable. For other Entry Edition considerations, see the Entry Edition User's Guide.

> The Delay Node temporarily stops the flow of a workflow process, but otherwise, it acts as an OR Node. In addition, Delay Nodes support both Prolog and Epilog Scripts, while OR Nodes only support Epilog Scripts.

> 1. Display the process definition.

> 2. Right-click the Delay Node () and select General from the popup menu. Type a Delay Node name and (optional) a description.

> Note: The node's name cannot be longer than 30 characters, and the description is limited to 255 characters.

> 3. Select the Timers tab and create a timer as described in the section, "Define timers". These timers will be activated when the flow of enactment enters the Delay Node.

> You may make as many timers as you wish, but when the first timer fires, all of the others will be deactivated. It might be practical to have more than one timer if one is an absolute timer, and the other a relative timer.
> In addition, if you set the duration or absolute times of several timers through the use of scripts, in which case the timer that fires first will be determined by programmed logic, rather than set at design time.
> If you do not create any timers, the node evaluates any scripts and fires all outgoing arrows immediately after an incoming arrow becomes active.

> 4. You may also use the Script tab to add a Prologue Script or Epilogue Script to the Delay Node. Before doing this, you may wish to select the User Defined Attributes tab to review the user-defined process attributes that were created by Interstage BPM when generating the timers.

> 5. Click OK when finished.

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