Whats the purpose of the Wait field in Create Catalog Task?does it impact performance?

[saint]

I’m looking for practical use cases where I should enable the Wait option. Alternatively, can I simply complete the flow processing once the task is created and leave it to the fulfillment teams, so when they close the task, the RITM closes automatically?

Additionally, does using Wait slow the system performance in any way? Currently, many flows in our system wait until the task is completed, and I’m wondering if that’s necessary.

This is as per docs.

Wait Data type: True/False

Flag indicating whether to pause the flow until the Task record is no longer active. You can add a wait condition by dragging-and-dropping a True/False data pill into this input. The flow only waits for the Task record to complete when the condition field is true.

[Brad Bowman]

This is simply whether you want the flow to continue whilst the task is still open, or wait until completed which you are familiar with.  If you don't wait, and the flow ends, you'll need the flow to not complete the RITM, or do anything else dependent on the task, so it's not usually practical to not wait.  Since in this scenario the flow isn't completing the RITM, what is?  You would have to build/enable a mechanism to allow a user to close it, then rely on them to do so.

[Ankith Sharma]

Hi @saint ,

The Wait checkbox in Create Catalog Task pauses the flow until the task is completed (active = false).
Use Wait = true only if the next steps depend on the task being finished. Otherwise, leave it unchecked so the flow continues immediately and the fulfilment team can complete the task asynchronously.

For performance, having many flows waiting can slow the system, so only enable Wait when necessary. For multiple tasks or more complex scenarios, using Wait for Condition + lookup/loop or a business rule is usually better.

[AndersBGS]

Hi @saint ,

as the others also have stated, the “wait” checkmarks just tells if task should be completed before next action or you would like to continue right away.