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mandarinooo
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July 3, 2023
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Send Emails only on weekdays

  • July 3, 2023
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Hi there,

 

Working with AJO here. 

 

We need to ensure that emails, as part of a Journey, are sent only from Monday to Friday. Profiles enter the Journey on a daily basis based on a rolling date. 
Ideally, we would like profiles to enter the Journey on Saturdays and Sundays as well, for them to be queued and processed on Monday.

Any hints on how to get it done in AJO? Thank you!

Best answer by DavidKangni

Hi @mandarinooo 

use a condition to define your days then you'll have 2 wait activities (one for Sat and one for Sun) with the formula 

toDateTimeOnly(setHours(nowWithDelta(X, "days"), H))

X --> integer for days: 2 for entrances on Sat and 1 for entrances on Sun

H --> time you want to resume queue e.g 9 will be 9 AM your journey timezone

 

 

Thanks,

David

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mdonke
Level 4
July 3, 2023

Have a look at wait activity (right after start of your journey) in combination with a custom formula. 

I quickly checked and it seems there are no convenient functions available for your particular use case. May need some tinkering.

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    mandarinoooAuthor
    Level 2
    July 3, 2023

    Hi @mdonke ,
    Thank you for your suggestion. 
    I had a look. I was hoping someone could share the custom formula that has been used to achieve the use case 🙂

    Silvio6
    Silvio6
    Level 5
    September 15, 2025

    Have you find a solution to this using custom wait activity?

    DavidKangni
    Community Advisor
    DavidKangniCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
    Community Advisor
    July 20, 2023

    Hi @mandarinooo 

    use a condition to define your days then you'll have 2 wait activities (one for Sat and one for Sun) with the formula 

    toDateTimeOnly(setHours(nowWithDelta(X, "days"), H))

    X --> integer for days: 2 for entrances on Sat and 1 for entrances on Sun

    H --> time you want to resume queue e.g 9 will be 9 AM your journey timezone

     

     

    Thanks,

    David

    David Kangni
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      Sukrity_WadhwaCommunity Manager
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      July 24, 2023

      Hi @mandarinooo,

      Was @davidkangni's solution helpful to resolve your query? In case it was helpful, then kindly choose it as the 'Correct Reply'. If not and you still need more help, then do let us know.

      Thanks!

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