Times in Workflow
When configuring a workflow, if you need to select a dynamic time value, you can select the triggering time, creation time, update time of a record from a node, or you can select the current time in the system.
What is the difference between these times? Here's an example.
Adding or modifying a contract record in the Contracts worksheet will trigger the approval flow, and when it is approved, the pass time needs to be filled in automatically. Below are the configuration details of the workflow.
Triggering Time: The time when the approval flow is triggered. In this case it is the time when the contract record is added.
Creation Time: The time when the record was created.
Current Time - System: The system time at which the current node started. Here, the [Update Record] node starts once the approval is completed.
Example 1: If you add a new contract record at 17:00, which triggers the workflow, the creation time of the record is 17:00; the update time is also 17:00; and the workflow is triggered at 17:00. If it is approved at 17:30, then the system's current time at this time is 17:30. Therefore, the approval time should be selected as the current time.
Example 2: If you update the contract record just created at 18:00, which triggers the workflow, the creation time is still 17:00; the update time is 18:00; and the triggering time is also 18:00. If it is approved at 19:00, the [Update Record] node starts to be executed, and the current time of the system is 19:00.
When will these times be the same?
If you add a new record, which immediately triggers the workflow, and automatically executes the [Send Internal Notification] node. In this case, the times are almost the same.
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