Does anyone know how to schedule a task to run after a delay, for example after 5 minutes? The reason is we have a N/task call to Scheduled Script that creates a sales order and then emails a PDF of that transaction. However, after the sales order is saved, we have a separate process that kicks off generation of a PDF that is included in the Advanced PDF/HTML template. That other PDF takes a couple minutes to be created, so if we try to email the transaction before that, it will fail as the template won’t be able to find the file to include.

NetSuite doesn’t really give you a “wait 5 minutes then run” option. Closest workaround is chaining scripts, so have your first scheduled script queue another via N/task once the file’s confirmed, or use a Map/Reduce with a scheduled deployment gap. Some folks hack it by scheduling the follow-up script on a 15-min interval and letting it pick up when the file’s ready, but there’s no built-in delay timer.

@Anthony OConnor I cannot just not send the PDF …. it always has to be sent (even if there is a delay to send)

right... you'll be stuck in the while loop looking for the PDF until you find it

You could make sure the PDF's are created in a pending email directory. Have a scheduled or map/reduce script that searches the directory for new files every run and if they exist email them and then move them to a processed email directory. Then you just have it run as often as you want.