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title: Avoid Workflows With Too Many Timer Activities
description: "Impact Area Performance Severity **Hi****gh **for over **10** Affected Element Workflow ## Rule ID **SN-0163** ## Impact Heavy use of timer activities in workflows is likely to cause missed SLAs. It’s recommended to have less than 10.  ## Remediation Reduce timer activities…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qc/servicenow-rules/avoid-workflows-with-too-many-timer-activities/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: Rules
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# Avoid Workflows With Too Many Timer Activities

Impact Area

Performance

           Severity

**Hi****gh **for over **10**

           Affected Element

Workflow

## Rule ID

**SN-0163**

## Impact

Heavy use of timer activities in workflows is likely to cause missed SLAs. It’s recommended to have less than 10. 

## Remediation

Reduce timer activities to the absolutely necessary minimum.

## Rule threshold

What is this?

**Rule threshold** is an issue trigger type. The threshold value is a single point or two points at which a corresponding issue is created. The threshold value can be defined as **greater than** or **less or equal than**.

Some rules can be customized by editing their threshold conditions, including removing or editing original thresholds, adding new thresholds, as well as adding corresponding severity and time to fix. 

This rule has the following default rule threshold:

## Rule threshold

What is this?

**Rule threshold** is an issue trigger type. The threshold value is a single point or two points at which a corresponding issue is created. The threshold value can be defined as **greater than** or **less or equal than**.

Some rules can be customized by editing their threshold conditions, including removing or editing original thresholds, adding new thresholds, as well as adding corresponding severity and time to fix. 

This rule has the following default rule threshold for the element `Number of timer activities in a workflow`: 

| Greater than | Less or equal than | Severity | Time to fix |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10 | Null | Low | 50 min |

### Time to fix

50 min