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Use intermediate timer events
Use intermediate timer events to cause a delay between activities.
If a timer event is not attached to an activity, it causes a delay. The process waits for the timer to trigger before proceeding to the next activity.
For example, if your BPD includes an activity that emails offers to customers and you want your internal sales team to follow up two days after the offers are mailed, you can place a timer between the two activities. The delay ensures that a specific amount of time passes between the completion of one activity and the start of another.
In the case where the timer event is connected to an event gateway, the timer serves as a timeout. If the other events connected to the gateway do not trigger within the configured timeframe, the timer event triggers and the other events stop waiting.
You can set the properties for an intermediate timer event in the same way as outlined for the "Using attached timer events" procedure. The only difference is that there are no Boundary Event Details options.