Ending an automation

[jackline]

Hi,

I have an automation that triggers every day at a specific time.

I want to end the automation after a number of days.

How can I do that?

Thanks,

Jacqueline

[jackline]

i think i need it to start sending the emails. so when a record is created start sending emails.

but not sure since i added these two conditions at different times.

Actually the start date condition becomes redundant after day 1.

[Steve_Haysom]

as long as the end date is set when the record is created, it should start sending them straight away.

[Karlstens]

Definitely raise this as a feature request with Airtable in product ideas. Time limited Automations would definitely have their uses. It’s worth noting that (at least if I recall correctly) an automation that triggers failed conditional logic will still consume an automation credit.

Further to a time/turn based automation configuration setting, I think that perhaps it would be cool if we could disabled enable automations via an automation script. 😁

[Steve_Haysom]

yes, good idea.

Just as an aside, if I was trying to do this myself, I would use google apps script for more control over things.

[jackline]

Hi Steve, the end date is not equal to when the record is created. The start date is equal to when the record is created. End date happens after a number of days from the start date. I think you are right though that as long as the end date is after today it will send out the email. 

[jackline]

I do not have coding skills to use google apps script.😅

Hey Steve, I received an e-mail that the automation failed 1 time. Could it be because the entry in the database came from a user with a different timezone than mine? Could it be because the automation works only in timezones in which they are created? Because when I checked what could have gone wrong - every step of the automation was successful - see screenshot. 

[jackline]

Agreed - it is strange that there is no end date for automations.

[Steve_Haysom · Accepted solution]

Yes, strange that every step seems to have completed. I don't think being in different time zones makes a difference, the end date is either in the future or it's not.

 

[jackline]

I think the problem was that i am on the free plan and cannot send email through airtable. I changed it now to gmail. Should work with gmail.