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How to schedule an automation to run daily in Airtable

This guide shows how to create an automation with a time trigger, add an action, test the run, and switch it on.

8 steps · About 3 minutes · Last reviewed July 15, 2026

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Before you start

  • An Airtable account with permission to create automations
  • A base where a daily action is genuinely useful

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What you will do

This guide shows how to create an automation with a time trigger, add an action, test the run, and switch it on. When you finish, the change is saved in Airtable and you can confirm it without leaving the screen you ended on.

Steps at a glance

  1. 01Open the automations panel
  2. 02Create a new automation
  3. 03Choose the at-scheduled-time trigger
  4. 04Set the time and time zone
  5. 05Add the action step
  6. 06Configure the action fields
  7. 07Run the test
  8. 08Switch the automation on

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