Timer in UiPath

[kaushiks1]

How does one setup a timer (Start time at the beginning and Stop Timer at the end) to help calculate the elapsed time

[jvanmarion (Jeroen van Marion)]

What have you tried so far?

[shankm]

Hi @kaushiks1,
If you want to find the elapsed time for the whole process, then it’s already calculated and shown in the logs.
Else if you want to find the elapsed time for a specific part of the process,

• Set a Datetime variable startTime before the specificpart, and assign now
  *Your Process steps goes here
  *After the steps, set another Datetime variable endTime and set now
  *Then find the difference between startTime and end Time.
  Thx.

[kaushiks1]

Thank you @shankm … appreciate your suggestion. I will try that.

Although I do find it odd that a Start and Stop Timer is not available within UiPath. (its available within .NET so I assumed it would be available within UiPath too)

Thanks once again.

[nadim.warsi]

Well this idea is already in consideration.
Vote for it and hopefully when accepted it will be added to UiPath

A Timer acivity with various properties

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Stop watch and timers

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[bcorrea (Bruno Correa)]

Everything you do in .NET can be done in uipath using invoke code activity, just not everything was implemented by uipath as activities…

[riverrat437 (Sean O'Neill)]

Glad I found this !! Creating the timer and using Invoke Method to start / stop ended up being easier than I thought. Ended up using this (c# - How do I measure how long a function is running? - Stack Overflow) as the basis for crafting something in my workflow. Works great.

[kevinpscott (Kevin Scott)]

I create a new variable called “TimeHack” and set the Variable Type to System.DateTime.

I Assign that value to “Now”. Then at the end, I compare that time to the “Now” time and get my total duration.