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Workflows/Automations - Schedule Go Live / Pause

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  • November 18, 2024
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Angel Horowitz
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Problem to Solve:
We use several workflows for things that are based on dates - holidays and all company meetings are two big examples. Currently workflows have to be set live and paused manually, which is a big headache, especially when we’re off on holidays.

 

Examples:

  • Phone Workflows for Holidays - We have to pause our standard workflow where the voicemail messaging is set to our standard VM and then set the holiday one live where it has different messaging outlining verbiage for the holiday. 
  • Automated Response (Customer Sends Any Message) - We have to do the same thing for our standard auto-response for chats that says when we’re out of office and pause that for the holiday, then set the one live that has the holiday messaging. 

Those are just two examples, but there are several use cases of how this would come in handy and make things much more efficient. 

 

Suggestion:
Similar to the Proactive Support Settings, add the option for when to start sending and stop sending, with both the date and time options:
 

 

2 replies

Jennifer K
Intercom Team
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  • Intercom Team
  • November 20, 2024

Hi ​@Angel Horowitz 

Jennifer here from Intercom

I completely agree with you that this would be a great idea so I will pass this on to our Product Team and keep my fingers crossed for you 🤞

Whenever we do release new features, we announce them on the Product Changes page, so I would recommend keeping an eye there. 


@Angel Horowitz 

Exact same idea. Is there a way to merge them?

I would add also outage. A toggle to activate outage messages. Having emergency groups that referenced in the workflows and when active they would take the respective path/branch created in the workflows.