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Add a Wait Activity

Tell an automation how long to pause before proceeding to the next activity in Automation Studio.

Wait activities cause an automation to wait for a specific duration or until a specific time before performing the next step.

  1. From the Overview page, select an automation to edit, or create an automation.
  2. Click Wait and drag the activity into a drop zone on the canvas.
  3. To tell Automation Studio to either wait for a duration of time or until a specific time, click Choose.
    Select a duration or select a specific time when the wait ends.
  4. Save the activity's settings.
    Tip
    Tip You can set an automation to do both—to wait for a specified duration, but to not start before a specified time. Add a wait activity for the duration and save it. Then, in the next column, add a wait activity for the specified time.