Add a timer control to the Case form to track time against an SLA

Add a timer control to the Case form

1. Make sure that you have the System Administrator or System Customizer security role or equivalent permissions.
   Check your security role
2. Go to Settings > Customizations. (How do I get there?)
3. Choose Customize the System.
4. In the solution explorer, in the left navigation pane, expand Entities, expand the Case entity, chooseForms, and then open the Case form.
5. Choose on the form where you want to place the control. You can add it anywhere except the form header or footer.
6. On the Insert tab, in the Control group, choose Timer.
   
7. In the Timer Control dialog box:
   1. In the General section, enter a name and label for the control.
   2. Under Data Source, next to Failure Time Field, select the date-time field that represents the time when a milestone should be completed. For example, select the First Response By field.
   3. Next to Success Condition, select a field to use to evaluate the success of the milestone, and then choose the condition that indicates success. For example, select the First Response Sent field, and then select Yes to indicate the success criteria of the First Response metric. This setting is required.
   4. Next to Warning Condition, enter the condition that will cause the timer control to display a warning when the time is about to expire. For example, in the first list next to Warning Condition, select First Response SLA Status. In the list to the right, select Nearing Noncompliance. This setting is optional.
   5. Next to Cancel Condition, select a field to evaluate whether the achievement of the milestone should be canceled. Then choose the option that indicates the milestone is canceled. This setting is optional.
      
8. Choose OK to add the control to the form.

Notes

• The timer control refreshes on the OnChange form event, and also when the form is loaded.
• You can add a timer control to a form based on any record type (entity), including custom record types.
• You can add multiple timer controls for different key performance indicators (KPIs).
• You can add a timer control to any Main form, but timer controls are not displayed in Microsoft Dynamics CRM for tablets.