Suspending work process flows

You can suspend the work process flow for work order or task records that have it defined. For example, if you want to start a work order or task manually, you could suspend the flow control on that record. The flow remains suspended until you remove the suspension.

Before you begin

Removing the suspension restarts the flow. Any successor work orders or tasks with completed predecessors continue the process. Work orders and tasks without predecessors continue the process at the same time as the parent record. The last completed child under a parent rolls its completion up to the parent.

Procedure

  1. In an application that supports flow action, display the record on which you want to suspend flow control.
  2. On the main application tab, at the header level, select the Suspend Flow Control check box. The system suspends the work process flow on the work order and on all of its tasks.
  3. To retain flow control for individual tasks, display the tasks in the Tasks table window, and clear the Suspend Flow Control check box at the task level. Flow control remains in place at the task level. This action does not affect the suspension at the work order header level. You can find the Tasks table window on the Plans tab.
  4. Click Save Record.

Example

You generally suspend a set of tasks, often under the same parent. For example, you can delay the automatic starting of one whole phase of work until a certain condition has been met. You can also delay starting a phase of work to make changes to the tasks, such as inserting tasks, deleting tasks, and changing the precedence logic.


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