Understanding Poll interval, response time and timeout

Understanding Poll interval, response time and timeout

Hello all,
 
Im using manage engine 9 script monitoring
 
I've created custom counters in my machines using a js script im aggregating the result retrive from each counter on each machine.
 
Since my script can take few seconds to several minutes I need to understand the difference between the following parameters
 
Response time - what does it measure ? sure not the time it takes to run my script.
 
Poll interval - it seems to me that it uses a sliding window i.e. if we define poll interval of 2 minutes and timeout of 3 minutes what will happen if we exceed the timeout ? how will it effects the script monitor if running the script will take 2 and a half minutes but poll interval take place every 2 minutes ?
 
Thanks,
 
Ron

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