Delay

What is Delay?

Delay is a tool that allows you to pause your Pipe for a specified amount of time or till a specified date before your actions run. You can use delays to set up scheduled emails, get notified of incomplete tasks, send automatic follow-ups, and automate other tasks on your timeline.

Delay for

Field	Description	Required?
Delay for unit	Select whether you want minutes, hours, days or weeks	✔️
Delay for value	Enter a value	✔️

Delay until

Field	Description	Required?
Delay until date	Enter the date you want to delay the Pipe until	✔️
Delay until time	Enter the time you want to delay the Pipe until	✔️

Check step

The Check step button saves your set up and tells you how long your Pipe will be paused for/until when your Pipe will be paused too.

Common errors

Invalid delay for value entered

This happens when you pick a field that is not a number.

Make sure you select a numeric field or enter a number.

Delay until timestamp entered is in the past

This happens when you enter a date that has passed.

Make sure you enter a date that is in the future.

Invalid timestamp entered

This happens when you enter a timestamp that is not a date/time.

Make sure you check the format or for any extra characters.