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Hello,

 

I am trying to pause a zap overnight from 10 pm until 9 am in the morning, do you have an idea how I can achieve this ?

 

Thank you!!

Hi @Andy_P! What would you like to do with the data coming in from 10pm until 9am? Would you like to pass those in the morning at 9am, or not pass those at all?


Hi @Andy_P 

One approach is to use 2 Zaps:

 

Zap 1

  1. Trigger: Schedule - Every Day (@ 9 AM)
  2. Action: Zapier Manager - Turn Zap ON

 

Zap 2

  1. Trigger: Schedule - Every Day (@ 10 PM)
  2. Action: Zapier Manager - Turn Zap OFF

 

 


@mzsadiek Ideally I would like to process pass the data in the morning at 9am


@Andy_P

In the case that you want to delay the processing until the morning, then consider adding Delay Until steps to your Zap: https://zapier.com/help/create/customize/add-delays-to-zaps#delay-after-queue

 

Concept is to have 2 Zaps

  1. 1 Zap that runs w/o a Delay step during the hours of 9AM-10PM by checking the timestamp of the Zap Run and then uses a Filter step
  2. 1 Zap that runs w/ a Delay step during the hours of 10PM-9AM by checking the timestamp of hte Zap Run and then uses a Filter step

Formatter > Date & Time > Format: https://zapier.com/help/create/format/modify-date-and-time-formats-in-zaps

Filter: https://zapier.com/apps/filter/help

 

Or you can try using Paths in a Zap: https://zapier.com/help/create/customize/add-branching-logic-to-zaps-with-paths


@Andy_P You can add the ‘Delay Until’ action that Troy mentioned at the beginning of your Zap after the trigger, to delay until 9am. Before this action, you can set up a filter to pass when the time is after 10pm AND before 9am. This way, whenever your Zap runs between 10pm and 9am, it will delay the action(s) until 9am and release them all at once at 9am.