Activating or pausing an automation
An automation does not start running on its own: you need to turn it on yourself. Any changes you make to a running automation also need to be activated separately. You can see the status from the dot in front of the name, at the top left of the editor:
Activating an automation
Once you have finished setting up a new automation, go to the overview of automations and click ‘Activate’ next to that automation. If the automation is complete, the dot turns green and the automation is active.
If not everything is ready yet, you will receive a message. Click ‘Edit’ to see which blocks still need attention.
Activating changes in a running automation
As soon as you change something in a running automation, the automation is paused automatically. The dot in front of the name then turns orange.
Once you have finished making your changes, you need to activate the automation again. To do so, click ‘Activate changes’ in the overview. If there are still errors in the automation, you will receive a message.
Pausing an automation
Click ‘Pause’ in the overview to stop a running automation completely.
This is different from the Pause action. That makes a single subscriber wait for a specified time within the flow, while the automation itself continues to run.