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• The cycle is of the periodical type, i.e. the cycle repeats within the given period at fixed points in time.
• The period duration is 1h. 
• The offsets when to start the cycle within the given period are specified by minutes: at each full hour, at each 15th, 30th and 45th minute of each hour.
• The first cycle is specified to start at midnight, i.e. at the start of the day, in the workflow's time zone, with the last cycle being started 23 hours later.
• If the execution time of cycle takes exceeds the next period then the next cycle will be started immediately once the orders arrives at the Cycle Instruction.

Continuous Execution

This cycle type allows specification of:

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• The property editor displays the summary information of the period.
• The period is configured:
  • using a frequency, for example every day:
    • if an order's scheduled date (Daily Plan date) is not matched by a frequency then the order skips the Cycle Instruction,
    • otherwise the order considers the Cycle Instruction and , for example, waits for the begin of the first cycle,
  • using period details to specify the start and duration of the period, for example, the start of the day for 23 hours,
  • using repeat details to specify, for example:
    • a 15 minutes break between cycles,
    • a limit of 10 repeated executions of the cycle.

When creating/modifying updating a continuous cycle, then the properties can look like:

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• The cycle is of the ticking type, i.e. the cycle repeats after a fixed-length interval between executions.
• The interval between execution of cycles is specified to be 2 minutes.
• The first cycle is specified to start at midnight, i.e. at the start of the day, in the workflow's time zone, with the last cycle being started 23 hours later or when hitting the limit specified.

• if a cycle takes longer than specified by the ticking interval then the next cycle starts immediately after the order will arrive at the Cycle Instruction.

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Use of Cycles with Daylight Saving Changes

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