need Delay function for script

sierra2 · ‎03-30-2022

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 · ‎03-30-2022

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

Regards,
Ankur
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Ankur Bawiskar · ‎08-28-2025

@nirwan_ritik

can you post a new question for this and share your complete business requirement and script you tried?

Tag me there as this is an old thread.

Regards,
Ankur
✨ Certified Technical Architect || ✨ 9x ServiceNow MVP || ✨ ServiceNow Community Leader

Mahesh23 · ‎03-30-2022

Hi,

you can try below code

var delayInMilliseconds = 10000; //10 seconds

setTimeout(function() {
  //your code to be executed after 10 seconds
}, delayInMilliseconds);

Max_MS · ‎06-19-2024

How did this work for you? For me it said

Evaluator: com.glide.script.RhinoEcmaError: "setTimeout" is not defined.