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delay email being sent flow

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Hi all,

 

I have a flow which emails the individual that has responded to the form, this is working great; however, I want to delay that email. It is not working, the email still sends straight away. Can i put the delay in between type of service and the reserve soldier condition? as the delay will apply to all these conditions

 

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  • Mick_gibbons1 Profile Picture
    112 on at
    Re: delay email being sent flow

    Rob, thank you so much.

     

    I wonder if you could help me with another issue. It is soldiers that are leaving the service that fills out this form. Their information then populates an excel spreadsheet with a termination date. Is there a flow I can use, that checks that termination date on the excel file that triggers an email 3 weeks before they leave, then follows up 2 and 4 months later.

  • RobElliott Profile Picture
    10,118 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Re: delay email being sent flow

    Yes if you move the delay to between the get response details action and the type of service switch it will delay it for 1 hour.

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos

  • Mick_gibbons1 Profile Picture
    112 on at
    Re: delay email being sent flow

    Rob

     

    I so knew this lol, i was looking at the examples and thinking this does not make sense. So this delay, basically stops the flow for 1 hour? so if i placed it after Get responses and before the type of service (switch) it will delay all the cases after for 1 hour

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    RobElliott Profile Picture
    10,118 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Re: delay email being sent flow

    You need to drag the send an email to BELOW the delay. The way you've built it means the delay happens after the email has been sent!

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos
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