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Admin Hack: Kick Off Process Builder | Cirrus Insight

Written by Admin | Aug 2, 2016 4:00:00 AM

Eric Smith from GWI has shared his admin hack for having a process happen after only five minutes.

Share your own admin hacks or tips with us to be featured on the blog as well.

Challenge: Process Builder time lapse intervals can only be expressed as a whole number of hours or days. How can I kick off an action after only 5 minutes?

Hack: Create a formula field with a time offset and base your elapsed time on the new formula field.

Example: New formula field for 55 minutes ago:
NOW() - 55*(1/24/60) /* fraction of a day in minutes */

Implement: In Process Builder set the elapsed time to be 1 hour after your formula field for 55 minutes ago.”