Stop Timer Action

Description

Stops a timer session that was previously started using a Start Timer step. The elapsed time is output to a user specified variable using a specified scale. Used in conjunction with the Start Timer action to record the elapsed time for a step or series of steps. This action stops the timer and records the elapsed time in a variable.  

Declaration

<AMSTOPTIMER SESSION="Text" RESULTVARIABLE="Text" SCALE="Text" />

Example

<AMSTOPTIMER SESSION="TimerSession2" RESULTVARIABLE="VariableName" SCALE="Minutes" />

General Tab Parameters

Timer name: Specifies the name of the timer session established by the Start Timer action. This allows several timers to be running simultaneously.

Text, Optional - Default "TimerSession1"
MARKUP: SESSION="TimerSession2"

Populate variable with elapsed time: Specifies the variable to populate with the timer reading.

Text, Required
MARKUP: RESULTVARIABLE="VariableName"

Time scale: Specifies the scale to be used in calculating the time. Options are: hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds.

Text, Optional - Default "seconds"
MARKUP: SCALE="Minutes"