Assigning Process Duration Time

Throughout the L7 Scheduling app, duration time is an important metric used when scheduling and monitoring process tasks. Duration time indicates how long a process is expected to take and can be compared to actual turn around time.

Duration time is defined at the smallest building block, the Protocol, and is additively computed when added to Workflows. Similarly, Workflow Chains will be additively computed based on Workflows and the expected duration time between Workflows.

Workflows are made up of an ordered collections of Protocols, so Workflow duration time is additively computed based on its Protocols.

The L7|MASTER Workflow builder will display a read-only view of the calculated Duration time in hours.

Workflow Chains will be additively computed based on Workflows and the expected duration time between Workflows. When working with non-linear Workflow Chains, an approximation of the duration time is based on the longest possible duration (excluding infinite looping; see Scheduling Non-Linear Processes for more information).

Procedure

1. Navigate to L7|MASTER -> Workflow Chains

2. Create a new Workflow Chain or click on an existing Workflow Chain

3. Click a transition arrow

4. Enter a Duration (hours) for how long it will take to transition to the next Workflow

5. Click Save

Note

The Workflow Chain Detail's panel has a read-only Duration (hours) displaying the time it takes to complete each Workflow and transition in the Workflow Chain.