What is a Wait Action?

Action Setup

• Input Connection Points: A single input connection point containing no mappings and no ability to create mappings

• Output Attributes: A pre-configured count output attribute which automatically calculates the sum of all records it has received, once all previous action nodes have completed their processing
  • Always generate a single output record regardless of the number of input records (including 0)
• Output Connection Points: can have any number of output connection point(s) which can be used to pass the count attribute to other action(s)
  • does not pass through any of the attributes it has received.

Considerations

When a

For more on Loops, see Loop Action Configuration.

Creating Wait Actions

1. Click and drag the 

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    icon in the toolbar onto the canvas
2. Enter a name for the Wait action, then select Create Action
3. Connect the 

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    node or other action node to the 

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    action's input connection point 
4. Connect the 

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    action's output connection point 
   1. The Mappings window will open where the count attribute can be mapped out

Example Uses

The 

• Where multiple records require complex processing and only once this has finished, a separate single process is required 

• Handling special case logic for where connectors receive no records, e.g. 

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  actions, 

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  actions or 

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   actions returning no response records, or no records in a grid

• With parallel connectors and a 

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   action - where you need to output a final record after all other actions have completed, such as, to trigger the end of a transaction, or to write out a final end record

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