Wait for a condition - 15 seconds

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When a user inputs a new product in a form, I’m looking to have the following take place:

User Inputs record into products table
Bot triggers and creates data on file table and sets value of a field in the file table.
Due to sync delays and connectivity delays, I’ll need to make sure the set value action is completed before the system creates a record in the work hours table.

If I use the Wait for a condition process, what’s the correct way to wait 15 seconds:

I’m thinking something like this?

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15 seconds is expressed as "000:00:15". E.g., 15 seconds from now is (NOW() + "000:00:15").

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Thanks Steve so Now() plus a few seconds would work here?

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This new wait for certain amount of time feature is new to us, so yet tested. However, you should already capture the now() value when you bot is invoked, so you dont need to push now() expression, but just simply pass “000:00:15” to the step config.

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Add a delay step in a process AppSheet Automation

Hi Steven, We are planning to release a new feature on the wait step where you can simply wait a period of time. The new Wait step type allows the process to pause execution and before resuming: [Wait for a condition] to evaluate to TRUE or a timeout period to be reached And here you can add steps in case the timeout period has be reached [Wait for a period of time] (min allowed is 10 mins and max allowed is 30 days) [image] Note: Process execution will not resume at the exact time that …

I re-read this post.

Min wait amount of time is said to be 10 mins, so you are not abe to config your bot to wait for the step to execute after 15 secs.

@Daisy_Ramirez

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Hi @Daisy_Ramirez, if you are interested in the new wait step feature, I can add you to rollout for early access as well.
Just let me know your account ID.

Thanks!

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