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Automate It with Zapier

By : Kelly Goss
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Automate It with Zapier

By: Kelly Goss

Overview of this book

Zapier is an emerging no-code workflow automation technology that enables organizations to connect their cloud-based and web applications and automate data transfer between them. Zapier's built-in features and flexibility allow users to integrate thousands of business applications and create simple to complex automation to reduce time spent on repetitive tasks, thereby increasing productivity. This book is a must-have for business owners, their employees, and independent freelancers and contractors looking to use Zapier for business process automation. The book takes a hands-on approach to implementation and associated problem-solving methodologies that will have you up-and-running and productive in no time while leveling up your automation skills. You'll discover how to plan your automation building for optimal results, what are the native features available in Zapier, and the applications that connect with it, as well as how to optimally configure your workflows to automate your processes in as few steps as possible. Finally, you'll find out how to create advanced workflow automation from scratch and learn how to troubleshoot issues. By the end of this Zapier book, you'll be able to build your own advanced workflow automation using Zapier, addressing the key pain points encountered in businesses with manual and repetitive tasks.
Table of Contents (29 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting Started with Zapier
7
Section 2: Customizing Your Zaps with Built-in Apps by Zapier – Functionality and Practical Uses
15
Section 3: Using the Features of the Formatter by Zapier Built-In App
21
Section 4: Getting the Most Out of Zapier – Business Automation Examples

Delay by Zapier – adding delays to your Zaps

The Delay by Zapier app allows you to add time delays to subsequent action steps. This can be extremely useful in both simple and more complex workflows where you may want to prevent further action steps from running for a set period of time or until a specific time.

Important note

The maximum time a delayed task can be held is one month, that is, 31 days.

This app can only be used as an action step and added after a trigger step or between action steps to delay the running of subsequent action steps. The following action events are available to use:

  • Delay For (action)
  • Delay Until (action)
  • Delay After Queue (action)

Let's look at each one of these.

The Delay For action event

This action event waits for a set amount of time before running any further actions in the Zaps. Here are a few examples of how to use the Delay by Zapier Delay For action event:

  • When a Typeform webform has...