The conditions for delaying event processing are defined for a profile. All messages meeting a delay rule are delayed until released by the rule, by a workflow, or by the operator.

You can choose between the following delay rules:

Timing rules.
A timing rule defines when delayed event release is evaluated.
Delay Rules.
Delay rules define what events to delay, and what conditions trigger their release.
Release rules.
Release rules define how delayed events are released to PowerCenter.

In order to delay all events sent to a specific profile, without regard for delay rules, use the Delay All Events flag on the Delayed Processing tab. Setting this flag to On delays all events arriving at the profile and suspends release rules. You can manually release delayed events by using the Release delayed events action in the Profiles screen or the Release action in the Event Search Results screen. The workflow can also release events using the DX_Release_Delayed_Events transformation. When the Delay all Events flag is Off, delayed events are either released immediately, or delayed, according to the defined delay rules. When Delay all Events is turned Off, all events that arrived while the flag was On, and were thus delayed, are immediately released.