Need to add delay in script include

[khandelwal2]

Hi @Ankur Bawiskar ,

I want to add delay in the script include.

I tried the script mentioned in this https://www.servicenow.com/community/service-operations-workspace/add-sleep-or-delay-in-your-script-...  in my script but it didn't work. I want the workflow to trigger after few seconds. Can you please let me know what am i doing wrong here?

createTransferOrderLines: function(transferOrderGr, recordProducer) {

        var assets = recordProducer.assets + '';

        var assetsArr = assets.split(",");

        var assetsArrLength = assetsArr.length;

        if (assetsArrLength === 0) {

            return false;

        } else {

            for (var i = 0; i < assetsArrLength; i++) {

                //create order lines

                var assetGR = new GlideRecord('alm_asset');

                if (assetGR.get(assetsArr[i])) {

                    var transferAsset = new GlideRecord('alm_transfer_order_line');

                    transferAsset.initialize();

                    transferAsset.setValue('transfer_order', transferOrderGr);

                    transferAsset.setValue('asset', assetsArr[i]);

                    transferAsset.setValue('quantity_requested', '1');

                    transferAsset.setValue('model', assetGR.model);

                    transferAsset.setValue('stage', 'draft');

                    transferAsset.setWorkflow(false);

                    var transferOrderLine = transferAsset.insert();

                    //  transferAsset.setWorkflow(true);

                    if (transferOrderLine) {

                        gs.info('Before delay->' + new GlideDateTime().getValue());

                        var now = new GlideDateTime();

                        while (GlideDateTime.subtract(now, new GlideDateTime()) < "1970-01-01 00:00:10") {

                            // loop for 10 seconds

                        }

                        gs.info('After delay->' + new GlideDateTime().getValue());

                        var wflw = new Workflow();

                        var wfId = wflw.getWorkflowFromName('Transfer Order Line');

                        if (wfId) {

                            wflw.startFlow(wfId, transferAsset, 'insert');

                        }

                    }

                }

            }

        }

    },

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@khandelwal2 

update as this

createTransferOrderLines: function(transferOrderGr, recordProducer) {

    var assets = recordProducer.assets + '';

    var assetsArr = assets.split(",");

    var assetsArrLength = assetsArr.length;

    if (assetsArrLength === 0) {

        return false;

    } else {

        for (var i = 0; i < assetsArrLength; i++) {

            //create order lines

            var assetGR = new GlideRecord('alm_asset');

            if (assetGR.get(assetsArr[i])) {

                var transferAsset = new GlideRecord('alm_transfer_order_line');

                transferAsset.initialize();

                transferAsset.setValue('transfer_order', transferOrderGr);

                transferAsset.setValue('asset', assetsArr[i]);

                transferAsset.setValue('quantity_requested', '1');

                transferAsset.setValue('model', assetGR.model);

                transferAsset.setValue('stage', 'draft');

                transferAsset.setWorkflow(false);

                var transferOrderLine = transferAsset.insert();

                //  transferAsset.setWorkflow(true);

                if (transferOrderLine) {

                    gs.info('Before delay->' + new GlideDateTime().getValue());

                    var secondsValue = 10;

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

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

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

                        // do nothing

                    }

                    gs.info('After delay->' + new GlideDateTime().getValue());

                    var wflw = new Workflow();

                    var wfId = wflw.getWorkflowFromName('Transfer Order Line');

                    if (wfId) {

                        wflw.startFlow(wfId, transferAsset, 'insert');

                    }

                }

            }

        }

    }

},

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