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Hi guys,
I had a flow that went like this:
(intended to be launched on August 25th)
Send Email
Wait until August 30th
Send Email
Then, I accidentally scheduled it to start too early and launched the batch on August 11th.
So, after it had launched on August 11th, I went back in and edited the (active) flow:
Send email
Wait until August 25th
Send Email
Wait until August 30th
Send Email
Will this work? Will it pick up the new steps? Or, because it had already launched prior to the edit, is it just going to do whatever it was going to do already?
Thanks!
Andrew
Andrew,
The simple answer is this: if leads are already in a wait step, they will wait the full duration designated at the time they entered that wait step. If you change the wait step duration, it will instantly be active for new leads entering that flow, but those already in that wait step wait the full duration designated at the time they entered the wait step.
Ex. If a lead enters a 3 day wait step and is on their last day and the wait step changes to 2 days now, that lead will still wait the full 3 days.
Ex. If a lead enters a 2 day wait step and is on their last day and the wait step changes to 3 days now, that lead will still wait only 2 days.
OK, got it. So, to get that Aug 25th email out the way I wanted to, I'd need to create a standalone batch campaign. OK, thanks!
Andrew
If leads have already received the email on the 11th, they will not be able to receive the same email again.
I made a different email for this round
Devraj, that's only in an Engagement.
I was under the impression that a lead cannot receive the same email more than once.
Hi Devraj,
From a smart campaign yes, a lead can received the same email twice or even an unlimited number of times. The "same email only once" is from engagement programs only.
-Greg
Appreciate the clarification guys.
Devraj what you may have referred to is the rule that the same email address won't receive the same email in a smart campaign twice as far as duplicate records are concerned. otherwise, as others mentioned, if there are multiple send email steps in a flow for the same email campaign, the same lead can and will receive them more than once.