Altering Workflow background engine process frequency

Hi All,
I would like to know how to increase/lower the frequency of workflow background engine in OCS. Currently it s set to 60 secs.
Thanks in advance!
Hetal

Workflow (Oracle Workflow) background engine's frequency can be changed by updating / creating a new job with the SQL command wf_engine.background() in the Workflow user (owf_mgr) schema.
Ravikiran

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