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title: "Time Delay"
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# Time Delay

You use this activity to set a fixed waiting time for a workflow instance. This can be useful in the following scenarios, for example:

- Resubmission: Insert a field with which your employees can set themselves workflow tasks as resubmissions.
- Time loop: If you run a Web service for a check, you can trigger its repetition the next day, for example, if the result is negative.
- Technical necessity: Delay a workflow, for example, to wait for a response from an external system.

You specify the required number of days, hours or minutes either using the dialog or using a variable of the date/time type. The maximum waiting time is 365 days.

## Supported versions: DocuWare Cloud + 7.14 + 7.13 + 7.12 + 7.11 + 7.10

A method of communication between applications over the internet, allowing them to exchange data and functionalities.