--- schema_version: "1" id: c1bd187bbeaa1d5e4e0a02210ba00d98d42f683abb591f4d6c4ca4f1dab06a8e title: Wait for Conditions Element collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/platform/264-0-0/flow_ref_elements_wait_for_conditions.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_ref_elements_wait_for_conditions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 689a060e8ce84b1720ed8113db7aa3582505f7a8a959790a18a5c142aac97eb5 description: Resume a flow interview after specific conditions are met. Each wait configuration that you define in a flow has optional wait conditions. At run time, these conditions determine whether the flow waits for the associated resume event. products: - Flow Builder - Salesforce Platform release: "264" --- # Wait for Conditions Element Resume a flow interview after specific conditions are met. Each wait configuration that you define in a flow has optional wait conditions. At run time, these conditions determine whether the flow waits for the associated resume event. ### Required Editions
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![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-platform_automation-264-0-0-production-enus/60568438-ec7e-4665-acd1-7c80dcbe60d5/images/icon_note.png) Note - Flows that contain Wait elements must be autolaunched. - If a flow includes Wait elements and screens, choice, or choice sets, you can’t activate or run it. - Before you add a Wait element to your flow, understand the special behavior and limitations. Learn more in [Paused Flow Interview Considerations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_considerations_design_pause.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before you design flows that contain one or more Wait elements, understand the behavior and guidelines.") - Flow Builder saves your expand and collapse preferences for this element locally in your browser, and this setting does not affect other users’ view. If you clear your browser's site data or use a different browser, your preferences reset to the default expanded view. Each wait configuration corresponds to a wait connector on the canvas. When a flow pauses, it waits for one or more resume events. For the first resume event that occurs, the flow resumes and runs the connector for the associated pause configuration. If the flow waits for multiple resume events, consider returning the flow path to the Wait element again so that the flow waits for the other resume events. If you return the flow path to the Wait element, use wait conditions to control when the flow waits for each event. If the wait conditions aren’t met for a resume event, the interview doesn’t wait for that event. If all resume events have unmet wait conditions, the interview doesn’t pause. Instead, it runs the default path. ![Example](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-platform_automation-264-0-0-production-enus/60568438-ec7e-4665-acd1-7c80dcbe60d5/images/icon_example.png) Example Use wait conditions when: - The flow waits for different events based on a field value on a given record. For example, send an email reminder to a contract’s owner before the contract’s end date. However, the date on which you send the email depends on the rating of the contract’s account. If the account is hot, send the email a month before the end date. If the account isn’t hot, send the email two weeks before the end date.For this example, you create two events. The event for hot accounts occurs 30 days before the contract’s end date. Its wait conditions check whether the rating for the contract’s account is equal to “Hot.” ![Screenshot of event and waiting conditions](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-platform_automation-264-0-0-production-enus/60568438-ec7e-4665-acd1-7c80dcbe60d5/platform_automation/images/flow/flow_wait_conditions.png) The second event occurs 14 days before the contract’s end date. Its wait conditions check whether the rating for the contract’s account is not equal to “Hot.” If the account is hot, the interview doesn’t wait for the second event. - The flow waits for multiple events to occur, such as to send periodic email reminders. For an example of this scenario, see [Sample Flow That Pauses Until Multiple Resume Events Occur](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_ref_elements_wait_examples_looping.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Create a flow that sends multiple reminders after waiting for several time-based events, such as two weeks and one week before a contract ends."). - **[Flow Resume Events](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_ref_elements_pause_events.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** Define the event to wait for if the wait conditions are met. When an event occurs, the flow resumes and takes the path associated with this wait configuration. - **[Have a Flow Wait Before Completing an Action Examples](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_ref_elements_wait_examples.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** Learn four ways you can configure a flow to pause and resume based on specific events or timing. #### See Also - [Define Conditions in a Decision or Wait Element](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_logic_conditions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Control when a flow takes a specific decision outcome or waits for a specific resume event.") - [Flow Resume Events](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_ref_elements_pause_events.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Define the event to wait for if the wait conditions are met. When an event occurs, the flow resumes and takes the path associated with this wait configuration.") - [Customize What Happens When a Flow Fails](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_logic_fault.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Learn how fault paths customize what happens when a flow fails. Choose how to notify admins, guide users, and take a follow-up action.") - [Move and Connect Elements to Change a Flow Route](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_logic_route_add.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Identify which elements the flow runs and in what order by connecting the elements on your canvas together. To change the run order, move elements and add or remove connectors.")