Using the Workflow Manager Screen – Advanced - Learning Informatica PowerCenter 9.x - page 215

Creating a timer task
To create a timer task in Workflow Manager, perform the following steps:
1. In Workflow Manager, navigate to Tasks | Create .
2. From the list of tasks, select the Timer task and specify the name of the timer task,
which is tm_TASK_NAME . For our reference, we are using the Timer task's name
as tm_TIME_GAP . Click on Create , and then click on Done .
The timer task appears in Workflow Manager. Use the link task to connect the start
task to the timer task.
3. Double-click on the Timer task to open the task in the edit view. Click on Timer .
Based on your requirement, select the Relative time or Absolute time option.
Then, click on OK .