Scheduled automations run on time, not on events. Use them for reports, recurring tasks, periodic syncs, and anything else that should happen on a predictable schedule.
Examples
"Every Monday at 8am, generate a status report of all open Podio projects and email it to the team."
"On the first of every month, export all closed Salesforce deals from last month to CSV and upload it to our Google Drive."
"Every night at midnight, scan our Podio Client Projects app for records that haven't been updated in 14 days and send me a list."
Building a scheduled automation
Tell AVA what you want to run and when:
"I want a daily automation that runs at 7am."
AVA will ask what the automation should do. Describe the actions in plain language.
Time zones
When you specify a time ("run at 8am"), AVA uses your account's time zone by default. If you want a different time zone, specify it: "Run at 8am Eastern."
Pausing and resuming
Tell AVA: "Pause the Monday report automation." She will deactivate it. Tell her "Resume the Monday report automation" to reactivate it.
Checking the last run
"When did the Monday report last run? Did it succeed?"
AVA will show you the last run timestamp and result.
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