need Delay function for script

[sierra2]

Hi,

can anyone please tell how can I introduce a specified time delay between two commands.

example

I need an alternative of Sleep command. 

var max_retries = 10; //5 minutes, 30 seconds apart for each try
var max_retries_counter = 0;
var employeeID = "";


    //Check if the employeeID is valid
    if (employeeID.charAt(0) == "X") {
        break; 
    } else {
        max_retries_counter ++;
        sleep(30000); //30 seconds
    }
}

[Ankur Bawiskar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I have used this in past and it works well

delay of 10 seconds

var seconds = parseInt(10, 10) * 1000;

var start = parseInt(new Date().getTime()) + seconds;

while(start>parseInt(new Date().getTime())){

// do nothing

}

OR

ms -> milliseconds

function sleep(ms) {
  var endSleep = new GlideDuration().getNumericValue() + ms;
  while ( new GlideDuration().getNumericValue() < endSleep) {
   //wait 
  }

  return;
}

Regards
Ankur

[sierra2]

Thank you Ankur this is working 

[Christian46]

Ho do you modify it, for example to have only 5 sec delay?

[nirwan_ritik]

Hi Ankur, 

I want to use this in a script include. Does it have a bad impact on ServiceNow? Should we use it or go with any other methods to incorporate delay?

Regards