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Why doesn't my Zap select random days when it runs on Monday?

  • February 10, 2025
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I have a zap that it needs to select two random days of the week and send messages to slack channel. And it’s scheduled to run every Monday morning. Why doesn't it select days when it runs on Monday morning? I have to manually run the second part with code so that it selects days.
 

 

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aslamsaheer
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Have you tried using Formatter>Number>Random Number to generate day like in 0-6. Then in next step use Delay>Delay Until> After <previous output> days. Then send the required message.


Troy Tessalone
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  • February 11, 2025

Hi ​@zappier_ss 

For us to have more info, post screenshots with how your Zap steps are configured in EDIT mode with the field mappings visible.

 

Check your Zapier account time zone and your Zap time zone.

Help: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496215472653-Zap-dates-or-times-are-incorrect


SamB
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  • February 14, 2025

Hi there, ​@zappier_ss! 👋

Have you had a chance to give aslamsaheer’s suggestion a try yet? And if so, did it work as hoped?

If not, can you share some screenshots of the Configure section of each of the Zap steps, as Troy mentioned, so we can take a closer look at what might be preventing it from randomly selecting the days? Make sure to blur or remove all personal information (names, emails, addresses etc.) from screenshots before sharing - you can use a tool like Zappy for that.

Looking forward to hearing from you! 


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