# Using cDelayer to delay message routing

This scenario applies only to Talend ESB, Talend Data Services Platform, Talend Real-Time Big Data Platform, and Talend Data Fabric.

In this scenario, a cDelayer component is used to delay the routing of each message to the target endpoint by 20 seconds.

![](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/mediation-components/8.0/Resources/images/use_case_cdelayer1.png)

### In this section

* [Dropping and linking the components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/mediation-components/8.0/mediation-orchestration/cdelayer-cfile-cprocessor-cprocessor-dropping-and-linking-components)
* [Configuring the components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/mediation-components/8.0/mediation-orchestration/cdelayer-cfile-cprocessor-cprocessor-configuring-components)
* [Viewing the code and executing the Route](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/mediation-components/8.0/mediation-orchestration/cdelayer-cfile-cprocessor-cprocessor-viewing-code-and-executing-route)

**Related reference**

* [cDelayer](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/mediation-components/8.0/mediation-orchestration/cdelayer "Delays the delivery of messages.")

**Related information**

* [cFile](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/mediation-components/8.0/mediation-file/cfile)
* [cProcessor](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/mediation-components/8.0/mediation-custom-code/cprocessor)