Delay Times between the Building Blocks

Delay times between the building blocks represent the amount of time that your TaskBot will wait between executing the building blocks. Some default times are set for some of the building blocks (such as Open Link or Insert Text or Data).

Instead, you can also use the Delay building block.

Delay time that you enter into a building block always kicks in after the action took place. So if you need delay before a certain action, you need to make sure to add delay time to the preceding building block or use Delay building block.

Example: When loading a website, it makes sense to increase the delay time to allow for the website to load properly. Otherwise, the TaskBot may not find the elements it needs on a website that is not loaded and thus abort the run if you don't add an appropriate delay.

Picture: You can see that the delay time after Keyboard Action is set to 3 seconds to allow the website to process reload (R + CMD/CTRL + SHIFT is a shortcut for reloading the page).

Randomize Delay Time

After you are done building your TaskBot, you can choose the option to randomize delay times between the building blocks when your TaskBot runs. Activate it only for TaskBots where you are trying to mimic human behavior, especially when trying to automate tasks on social media, and the like. Beware that once activated, the run time will significantly slow down (depending on your upper limit), since it will randomly add additional delay time.

Picture: TaskBot will wait between 3 and 15 seconds after opening the website.