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- Release Notes
- 2022.4.1
- 2022.4.3
- 2022.4.4
- 2022.4.5
- 2022.4.6
- 2022.4.7
- 2022.4.8
- 2022.4.9
- 2022.4.10
- Getting Started
- Introduction
- The User Interface
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Signing in to Your Account
- Configuring Studio Settings
- Project Templates
- Orchestration Process
- Background Process
- Robotic Enterprise Framework
- Transactional Process
- Trigger Based Attended Automation
- Creating a Basic Process
- Creating a Basic Library
- Tutorials
- Setup and Configuration
- Hardware and Software Requirements
- Install Studio
- Deployment guidelines
- Services Studio Connects To
- Common Installation Errors
- Modify or Uninstall Studio
- Activate Studio
- About Flex Licensing
- Update Studio
- Command Line Parameters
- Supported Applications and Technologies
- Enabling Gmail for Email Activities
- Opting Out of Telemetry
- Automation Projects
- About Automation Projects
- About Publishing Automation Projects
- About Libraries
- Loading Web Services in Libraries
- Activities Generated from Web Services
- Managing activity packages
- Configuring Activity Project Settings
- Signing Packages
- Governance
- Importing Entities
- Modern Design Experience
- Linking a Project to an Idea in Automation Hub
- Dependencies
- About Dependencies
- Managing Dependencies
- Project Dependencies Mass Update
- Mass Update Command Line Parameters
- Missing or Invalid Activities
- Types of Workflows
- Sequences
- Flowcharts
- State Machines
- Global Exception Handler
- File Comparison
- About File Comparison
- Comparing Files
- Automation Best Practices
- Workflow Design
- UI Automation
- Project Organization
- Automation Lifecycle
- Methodology for reusing UI components
- Source Control Integration
- About Version Control
- Managing Projects With GIT
- Managing Projects With TFS
- Managing Projects With SVN
- Workflow Diff
- Debugging
- About Debugging
- Test Activities
- Debugging Actions
- The Locals Panel
- The Call Stack Panel
- The Breakpoints Panel
- The Watch Panel
- The Immediate Panel
- Remote Debugging
- The Diagnostic Tool
- About The Diagnostic Tool
- Workflow Analyzer
- About Workflow Analyzer
- Naming Rules
- ST-NMG-001 - Variables Naming Convention
- ST-NMG-002 - Arguments Naming Convention
- ST-NMG-004 - Display Name Duplication
- ST-NMG-005 - Variable Overrides Variable
- ST-NMG-006 - Variable Overrides Argument
- ST-NMG-008 - Variable Length Exceeded
- ST-NMG-009 - Prefix Datatable Variables
- ST-NMG-011 - Prefix Datatable Arguments
- ST-NMG-012 - Argument Default Values
- ST-NMG-016 - Argument Length Exceeded
- Design Best Practices
- ST-DBP-002 - High Arguments Count
- ST-DBP-003 - Empty Catch Block
- ST-DBP-007 - Multiple Flowchart Layers
- ST-DBP-020 - Undefined Output Properties
- ST-DBP-023 - Empty Workflow
- ST-DBP-024 - Persistence Activity Check
- ST-DBP-025 - Variables Serialization Prerequisite
- ST-DBP-026 - Delay Activity Usage
- ST-DBP-027 - Persistence Best Practice
- ST-DBP-028 - Arguments Serialization Prerequisite
- Project Anatomy Rules
- ST-ANA-003 - Project Workflow Count
- ST-ANA-005 - Check Project.json Exists
- ST-ANA-006 - Main Workflow Exists
- ST-ANA-009 - File Activities Stats
- Maintainability and Readability Rules
- ST-MRD-002 - Activity Name Defaults
- ST-MRD-004 - Unreachable Activities
- ST-MRD-005 - Redundant Sequences
- ST-MRD-007 - Nested If Clauses
- ST-MRD-008 - Empty Sequence
- ST-MRD-009 - Deeply Nested Activities
- ST-MRD-011 - Write Line Usage
- ST-MRD-017 - Incomplete If
- Usage Rules
- ST-USG-005 - Hardcoded Activity Arguments
- ST-USG-009 - Unused Variables
- ST-USG-010 - Unused Dependencies
- ST-USG-014 - Package Restrictions
- ST-USG-020 - Minimum Log Messages
- ST-USG-024 - Unused Saved for Later
- ST-USG-025 - Saved Value Misuse
- ST-USG-026 - Activity Restrictions
- ST-USG-027 - Required Packages
- ST-USG-028 - Restrict Invoke File Templates
- Performance and Reusability Rules
- ST-PRR-004 - Hardcoded Delay Activity
- Reliability Rules
- ST-REL-006 - Infinite Loop
- Security Rules
- ST-SEC-007 - SecureString Argument Usage
- ST-SEC-008 - SecureString Variable Usage
- ST-SEC-009 - SecureString Misusage
- Variables
- Managing Variables
- The Variables Panel
- Types of Variables
- Text Variables
- Example of Using a Text Variable
- True or False Variables
- Example of Using a True or False Variable
- Number Variables
- Example of Using a Number Variable
- Array Variables
- Example of Using an Array Variable
- Date and Time Variables
- Example of Using a Date and Time Variable
- Data Table Variables
- Example of Using DataTable Variables
- UiPath Proprietary Variables
- Arguments
- Managing Arguments
- The Arguments Panel
- Using Arguments
- Imported Namespaces
- About Imported Namespaces
- Managing Namespaces
- Control Flow
- About Control Flow
- Control Flow Activities
- The Assign Activity
- The Delay Activity
- Example of Using the Delay Activity
- The Do While Activity
- Example of Using a Do While Activity
- The If Activity
- Example of Using an If Activity
- The Switch Activity
- Example of Using a Switch Activity
- The While Activity
- Example of Using a While Activity
- The For Each Activity
- Example of Using a For Each Activity
- The Break Activity
- Example of Using a Break Activity
- Object Repository
- About Object Repository
- Creating an Object Repository
- Reusing objects and UI libraries
- Logging
- Studio Logs
- Setup Logs
- OCR Diagnostic Logs
- Logging Levels
- Types of Logs
- Protecting Sensitive Information
- The ScreenScrapeJavaSupport Tool
- About the ScreenScrapeJavaSupport Tool
- Argument Descriptions for the ScreenScrapeJavaSupport Tool
- Studio testing
- Introduction
- Application Testing
- Execution Templates
- Working With Execution Templates
- Testing project templates
- SAP Testing Project
- Test Cases
- Data-Driven Testing
- Test Data File
- Auto-generated Test Data
- Data Service
- Test Data Queues
- RPA Testing
- Test Case Templates
- File Templates
- Test Explorer
- Test Results
- Activity Coverage
- Descriptor Coverage
- Mock Testing
- API Test Automation
- Extensions
- About extensions
- SetupExtensions Tool
- UiPath Remote Runtime
- Extension for Chrome
- Group Policies
- Troubleshooting
- Chrome Extension on Mac
- Extension for Edge
- Group Policies
- Troubleshooting
- Extension for Firefox
- Troubleshooting
- Extension for Java
- Troubleshooting
- Extension for Silverlight
- Extension for Citrix
- Extension for Microsoft Remote Desktop and Apps
- Troubleshooting
- Extension for VMware Horizon
- SAP Solution Manager plugin
- Excel Add-in
- Troubleshooting
- About troubleshooting
- Microsoft App-V support and limitations
- Internet Explorer X64 troubleshooting
- Microsoft Office issues
- Identifying UI elements in PDF with Accessibility options
- Repairing Active Accessibility support
- JxBrowser applications troubleshooting
- User Events Monitoring
- Citrix Troubleshooting
- Automating Applications Running Under a Different Windows User
OUT OF SUPPORT
Studio User Guide
Last updated Oct 23, 2025
The Delay activity enables you to pause the automation for a custom period of time (in the hh:mm:ss format). This activity proves itself quite useful in projects that require good timing, such as waiting for a specific application to start or waiting for some information to be processed so that you can use it in another activity.