From 8d64b304199571f194965d9295eb7d4c7f25cbef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Allan Bowe <allan@bowe.io>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 14:12:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: adding a one second pause between every SAS Job Request
 in mv_jobflow.sas

---
 all.sas             | 7 +++++++
 viya/mv_jobflow.sas | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/all.sas b/all.sas
index 6ea3154..1f32494 100644
--- a/all.sas
+++ b/all.sas
@@ -13400,6 +13400,9 @@ libname &libref;
 
   ![https://i.imgur.com/nZE9PvT.png](https://i.imgur.com/nZE9PvT.png)
 
+  To avoid hammering the box with many hits in rapid succession, a one
+  second pause is made between every request.
+
 
   ## Example
 
@@ -13662,6 +13665,10 @@ data;run;%let jdswaitfor=&syslast;
         proc append base=&jdsrunning data=&jdsapp;
         run;
         %let concurrency=%eval(&concurrency+1);
+        /* sleep one second after every request to smooth the impact */
+        data _null_;
+          call sleep(1,1);
+        run;
       %end;
     %end;
     %if &jid=&jcnt %then %do;
diff --git a/viya/mv_jobflow.sas b/viya/mv_jobflow.sas
index f49d99d..aa4f1af 100644
--- a/viya/mv_jobflow.sas
+++ b/viya/mv_jobflow.sas
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 
   ![https://i.imgur.com/nZE9PvT.png](https://i.imgur.com/nZE9PvT.png)
 
+  To avoid hammering the box with many hits in rapid succession, a one
+  second pause is made between every request.
+
 
   ## Example
 
@@ -296,6 +299,10 @@ data;run;%let jdswaitfor=&syslast;
         proc append base=&jdsrunning data=&jdsapp;
         run;
         %let concurrency=%eval(&concurrency+1);
+        /* sleep one second after every request to smooth the impact */
+        data _null_;
+          call sleep(1,1);
+        run;
       %end;
     %end;
     %if &jid=&jcnt %then %do;