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.
Independent guide
Before you start
- An Airtable account with permission to create automations
- A base where a daily action is genuinely useful
Interactive guide
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
- Open the automations panel
- Create a new automation
- Choose the at-scheduled-time trigger
- Set the time and time zone
- Add the action step
- Configure the action fields
- Run the test
- Switch the automation on
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