Need to collect data generated in a zap loop and use later in another zap

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Hello!I have a multi-step looped zap that gets a list of my clients	then a loop starts	gets the first one, looks for their info in a database	use the info to post content on a specific app	goes back to step 3 for the next memberThis happens overnight. Now, what I need is to send an email hours later, during the day, to notify the member of the posted content.Question: What’s the best way to achieve this without delaying the whole loop?I thought using a sub-zap could be the answer, but a “Delay” step inside the sub-zap will delay the loop too, right? Because the main app awaits for the info from the sub-zap. Is that correct?What about “digest”? (I have never used it).Thank you,Ern

robschmidt · Accepted Answer

Hi @ErnCosPLZIn this case, I’d suggest that you use Webhook by Zapier to setup the mailing logic to send during day.In your loop zap, the end of the loop can be a Webhook Step that sends data to a #2 zap that you will need to create.That #2 zap will have webhook trigger and receive data from your loop zap. Then the flow will look like this:Trigger: #2 Zap receives webhook data from loop zapAction: Setup logic via formatter/python if the day is after hours or before 9AM, pick the next day or todayat like 10AMAction: Use Delay For action, and set the date-time from #2Your email action

RALaBarge · Answer

Hey @ErnCosPLZ!I can confirm Rob’s idea is a very good one!Our Date/Time fields are special in that you can use English phrases which we will try to interpret. You could use “Tomorrow at 10 AM ET”, for example, and we will generate an exact timestamp. If your needs are such that something like that would work for you, you could just use the Delay by Zapier step to Delay Until something like that and skip the need for the 2nd step.Anyways, let us know if we can help further and how things are going!

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