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In addition to any cycles included in a Cycle Instruction the rule set specifies:

• The period for execution of the cycle:
  • The period begin of the cycle considering the Daily Plan's time zone,
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  • The maximum duration for which the cycle is repeated, for example for 8 hours.
• More than one period can be specified.
  • The order will leave the Cycle Instruction having completed the cycles of the period at which it entered the Cycle Instruction.
  • Example:
    • Period 1: start time at 18:00 for 1 hour with a ticking cycle of 2 minutes.
    • Period 2: start time at 20:00 for 1 hour with a ticking cycle of 2 minutes
  • Behavior:
    • The cycle starts when the start time of Period 1 is reached . The order runs in cycles as configured by the Cycle Instruction.
    • The order performs its last cycle at the end of Period 1 and leaves the Cycle Instruction. The order does not wait and enter Period 2 or any later periods.
    • Similar behavior applies to any number of periods of a Cycle Instruction.
  • Users who wish orders to pass all periods of a Cycle Instruction should add one order per period that is scheduled for a start time after the previous period and before the desired period.

Cycles take account of the weekday which an order is scheduled for:

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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 00:00:00, i.e. at the start of the day in the workflowDaily Plan'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.

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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 in the workflowDaily Plan's time zone duration 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.

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• The cycle is of the continuous type, i.e. the cycle repeats after a fixed-length pause between executions.
• The pause between execution of cycles within the given period is specified to be 15 minutes.
• The cycle is repeated for a maximum of 10 times.
• The first cycle is specified to start at 00:00:00, i.e. begin of day in the workflowDaily Plan's time zone, with the last cycle being started 23 hours later or when hitting the limit specified.

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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 start of the first cycle,
  • using period details to specify the start and duration of the period, for example, at the start of the day in the workflowDaily Plan's time zone for a duration of 23 hours,
  • using repeat details to specify, for example, a 2 minute fixed-length interval between cycles.

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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 00:00:00, i.e. at the start of the day in the workflowDaily Plan'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

The workflowDaily Plan's time zone determines if and when daylight saving changes occur.

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