Automations run while editing

[NAC]

Hi guys!

So, first time using the community part of this.

I have an automation that notifies me when a certain document expires, so it basically just checks for an expiry date.

However, I’ve run into the following issue:

A document is set to expire on the 1st of August 2021 (01-08-2021).
In the interim, and before it expires, I get said document updated, so that it now expires 1st of August 2022 (01-08-2022).

While I’m editing the date of said document, the field that does the date-check then sees that I’ve changed it to a “01-”, and thereby thinks something has expired and then shoots out an e-mail via the automation.

Has anyone encountered a similar issue, and did you find a solution for it?

[ScottWorld]

Welcome to the community, @NAC!

There are dozens of threads covering this issue. Here is a recent one, but there are many many more:

Automation triggering incorrectly or structured incorrectly? Automations

I am trying to set up an automation to change the status of a project from “currently active” to “past” if the date entered in the end date field is before today. Yet when I create a new record with an end date in the future, the automation I’ve currently set up still changes the status to past and I have to manually change it back to currently active. I have turned off the automation for now until I can figure out what’s wrong, but would appreciate help figuring out why it’s not working correct…

[NAC]

Thanks @ScottWorld!

The thread you referenced solved the issue, thank you. I’ll make a feature-request to the automations-element, that the possibility of adding a certain timeframe for e-mail sendage be added.