Delay action in Delay

Use the Delay action in the Delay package to add a timed delay.

Settings

  • Select the Delay type as Regular or Random.
  • Select the Regular option to delay the operation for a fixed period of time.
  • If you select Random, specify the time range in the From and To fields for the system to select a random delay within the specified range.

    You can add Random delay with different waiting time for each bot run at a given command level without having to change the bot.

    Example: Use Random delay when running bots simultaneously on several machines through a workload management queue before executing a database or recorder, or the FTP action. This would reduce the number of concurrent requests made to a database or the FTP server and the performance of the systems will not be adversely impacted.

  • Select the Time unit in Milliseconds or Seconds.