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Workflow Automator - Delay Until Timer Node

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  • May 12, 2025
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JaySpeer
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We have a lot of our service items automated through web requests and API calls. I would love to see a way in the workflow automator to select a “Delay Until” timer node.

Example use case:
We have a Agent Access request form in our catalog, where people can request for an existing or new hire to receive an Agent License. They select which agent group(s) the person will need to be assigned to and we have standard agent roles for each agent group. They also indicate when the agent access is needed. In the event of a new hire, it is often 2-4 weeks in advanced.

Benefit:

With a “Delay Until” timer node, we could have the workflow pause on the request until the start date and then use Web Requests in the automator to create the Agent account or convert the requester to an agent, then add them to the appropriate agent groups and agent roles, without any manual touch.

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Peter Helto
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  • May 13, 2025

Can you get around this by using two workflow automators? 

I do the following to handled scheduled deprovisions:

Automator 1 - Event based:  triggered automator based on new request that changes the due date to add your 2 weeks or whatever delay interval you need. 

Automator 2 - Schedule based:  Triggers daily and does a conditional match based on due date, ex if due date = system date, proceed.  This one does all the actions,.



 


Daniel Söderlund
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You need to use the scheduled workflow automation. 
But a dynamic pause node where you can use a placeholder as value. 

Then you could use a expression to to calculate the hours*/days and use ut in the pause node. 


JaySpeer
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  • May 13, 2025

Great tips and workarounds! I’ll give those a shot.

 

I still think this is something that couldn’t be too hard to accomplish though for Freshworks to supply as an out-of-the-box Workflow Automator feature. 


Daniel Söderlund
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Great tips and workarounds! I’ll give those a shot.

 

I still think this is something that couldn’t be too hard to accomplish though for Freshworks to supply as an out-of-the-box Workflow Automator feature. 

They did it with scheduled workflows, that run x time and you use condition to check if the date in the date field are x day aways. 

let see what happens when they release loops and sub workflows.