# Delay row
##  Delay row
### Description
The Delay Row transform will wait the indicated timeout period before passing an input row to the next transform.
Use this transform if you deliberately want to slow down your pipeline.
| Hop Engine | ✓ |
| ---------- | ------------ |
| Spark | ? |
| Flink | ? |
| Dataflow | ? |
### Options
| Option | Description |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Transform name | Name of the transform. This name has to be unique in a single pipeline. |
| Timeout | How long to delay. Select whether this period is measured in milliseconds, seconds, minutes, or hours. |
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