Delays the execution of following actions (i.e. higher sequenced) within your dynamic action based on the number of milliseconds provided. Note: "Wait for Result" must be enabled for the delay to take effect.

When would I use a Delay? There are some situations when there are timing issues with multiple things firing at once. This action is a simple workaround to give you more control in dealing with these timing issues.

Sometimes there are things happening on the page that cause a dynamic action to fire in quick succession. You can use this action to ensure that following actions only fire a single time.

This action will debounce the execution of the following actions (i.e. higher sequenced) within a dynamic action. This means that you can ensure that when a dynamic action fires in quick succession it will not run the proceeding actions until X many milliseconds (which you define) from the last call have elapsed. You have the option of immediately executing the first call.

Note: "Wait for Result" must be enabled for debouncing to work. Also, there are times where throttling makes better sense than debouncing, so please also consider using the throttle action. You can read more about debouncing and throttling here.

Throttles the execution of the proceeding actions (i.e. higher sequenced) within your dynamic action. For example: if you set this delay to 5000 milliseconds on the click event of a button that refreshes a grid, if you click the button repeatedly in quick succession the maximum you could refresh the grid is once every five seconds.

Note: "Wait for Result" must be enabled for throttling to work. Also, there are times where debouncing makes better sense than throttling, so please also consider using the debounce action instead. You can read more about throttling and debouncing here.

The timer action allows you to periodically fire other dynamic actions listening to the "Timer Tick" or "Timer Complete" events. When would I use this? Maybe you want to refresh a report automatically every minute, or you want to check if some process has finihed running on the database.

Multiple Timers

If you have more than one timer defined on the page, please ensure you include a clientside "Javascript Expression" condition on your actions e.g.

(this.data && this.data.timerName === "TIMER_EXAMPLE1")

Timer Events

• The "Timer Tick" fires upon every repetition after the timeout interval has elapsed. It fires against the "body" tag, so you will use a jQuery Selector when listening to this event.
• The "Timer Complete" fires only once, after the last repetition. It fires against the "body" tag, so you will use a jQuery Selector when listening to this event. In case of an infinite timer i.e. "no limit on repetitions" then the event Timer Complete never fires!