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Yusuf
Active Member II
11 months ago

Schedule action based canvas on weekdays only

Hi I have an action based canvas triggered by an event that I would like to send on weekdays only (Mon to Fri). Those that are eligible to get the send on a weekend, I would like the message to be de...
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  • BenLerner-Paio's avatar
    BenLerner-Paio
    11 months ago

    So you can in fact use the liquid and abort message, and then put a decision step of receiving message from previous step, then subsequent step of "Delay 2 days" then duplicate the message step.   Let me know if you need some help as I've got that liquid code somewhere.

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BenLerner-Paio
Specialist

So you can in fact use the liquid and abort message, and then put a decision step of receiving message from previous step, then subsequent step of "Delay 2 days" then duplicate the message step.   Let me know if you need some help as I've got that liquid code somewhere.

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Yusuf
Active Member II
11 months ago

Hey I was also thinking along the same lines of using a blank web-hook message to determine weekday/weekend and abort message, followed up by a step to check if message was received from previous step. Yes please, if you do have the liquid code to determine weekend/weekday and abort message that would be really helpful.
Thank you!

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    BenLerner-Paio
    Specialist
    11 months ago

    Hey Yusuf!  Sorry I just saw this now.   Here is a sample of something that could work:

    {% assign allowed_days = "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday"}
{% assign current_day = "now" | date: "%d" %}
{% if allowed_days contains current_day %}
	We're clear to send the message - add here!
{% else %}
	{% abort_message("Sorry, its a weekend!") %} 
{% endif %}
    • Yusuf's avatar
      Yusuf
      Active Member II
      11 months ago

      Thanks, I managed to get this to work 🙂