Throttle Data Connection Timeouts

Solution: Use the Set-SPInfoPathFormsService cmdlet with the data connection timeout parameters.

Your form attempts to connect and access data sources based on your configured data connections. If the data source is inaccessible, busy, or down, InfoPath Forms Services needs a way to time out the connection so that the form or the browser doesn’t stop responding.

Use the -DefaultDataConnectionTimeout and -MaxDataConnectionTimeout parameters with the Set-SPInfoPathFormsService cmdlet to set the timeout values, as shown in Listing 12.1.

Listing 12.1. Data Connection Timeout Cmdlet Line

Set-SPInfoPathFormsService -DefaultDataConnectionTimeout 15000
-MaxDataConnectionTimeout 25000

The timeout values are in milliseconds. The default value for DefaultDataConnectionTimeout is 10000 (10,000 milliseconds, or 10 seconds), whereas the default value for MaxDataConnectionTimeout is 20000 (20,000 milliseconds, or 20 seconds).