Wait a duration timer action and flow engine for building automated flows within a cloud based development platform

A method comprising:

• setting a specified wait duration for a timer action element of a design-time flow plan, the specified wait duration being set relative to a specified data point of a table associated with the design-time flow plan, wherein an operation associated with the timer action element executes at run-time to pause a flow for the specified wait duration prior to execution of an operation associated with an action element that is set to execute subsequent to the timer action element in the design-time flow plan;
• setting a specified timeframe for the timer action element of the design-time flow plan, wherein the operation associated with the timer action element to pause the flow for the specified wait duration executes at run-time during the set specified timeframe;
• displaying a natural language annotation associated with the timer action element of the design-time flow plan, wherein the natural language annotation presents the set specified wait duration and timeframe for the timer action element in a human-readable format in the design-time flow plan;
• and
• activating the design-time flow plan.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon a program, the program comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to:

• set a specified wait duration for a timer action element of a design-time flow plan, the specified wait duration being set relative to a specified data point of a table associated with the design-time flow plan, wherein an operation associated with the timer action element executes at run-time to pause a flow for the specified wait duration prior to execution of an operation associated with an action element that is set to execute subsequent to the timer action element in the design-time flow plan;
• set a specified timeframe for the timer action element of the design-time flow plan, wherein the operation associated with the timer action element to pause the flow for the specified wait duration executes at run-time during the set specified timeframe;
• display a natural language annotation associated with the timer action element of the design-time flow plan, wherein the natural language annotation presents the set specified wait duration and timeframe for the timer action element in a human-readable format in the design-time flow plan;
• and
• activate the design-time flow plan.