# Countdown - Progress
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Availability of the functionality depends on the license and may not be available in all deployments.
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The countdown component enables a visual representation of progress.
✅ **When to use:**
* You need to show the remaining time to complete a step or indicate the waiting time for a system action.
:x: **When not to use:**
* The action is not time-limited, and you only want to show the progress of the application flow. **Use**: the "Step visibility" option in the [Properties](https://docs.eximee.com/documentation/documentation-en/budowanie-aplikacji/interfejs-uzytkownika/tworzenie-formularza/wlasciwosci-formularza#widoczność-kroków) tab of the form.
### Component properties
| Eximee Designer property | Attribute name in Source | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Label (key)** | labelKey | The key from the label dictionary that determines the displayed name (title) of the component. |
| **Label position** | labelPosition | Specifies the position of the description relative to the progress bar. The value `ABOVE_LINE` means displaying the label above the bar line. |
| **Direction** (section **Basic properties**) | directionOfProgress | Specifies the direction of the bar's progress. Available options: **Left to right** (value increases) and **Right to left** (value decreases). |
| **Display mode** (section **Basic properties**) | displayMode | Specifies how information about the progress status is presented. Options: **Time** (minutes and seconds), **Percentage** (%) and **None**. Default: "Time (minutes and seconds)". |
| **Max time** (section **Basic properties**) | duration | Specifies the total time (in seconds) required for the progress bar to fully "load". Default: 60. |
| **Step \[s]** (section **Basic properties**) | valueUpdateInterval | Specifies the time interval (in seconds) at which the bar is visually updated. Default: 1. |
| **Auto-save \[s]** (section **Basic properties**) | valueSaveInterval | Specifies the frequency (in seconds) at which the component saves its current value to the server. Default: 1. |
> More information about component properties: [Common component properties](https://docs.eximee.com/documentation/documentation-en/budowanie-aplikacji/interfejs-uzytkownika/formularze/praca-z-komponentami-bazowymi/wspolne-wlasciwosci-komponentow)
