# How to Schedule a Recurring Automation

> Time-triggered automations run on a schedule: daily, weekly, monthly, or any interval you define. Build them through AVA in plain language.
> Help → Automations → How to Schedule a Recurring Automation

URL: https://thatapp.io/help/automations/automations-schedule
Category: Automations (iPaaS)

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Scheduled automations run on time, not on events. Use them for reports, recurring tasks, periodic syncs, and anything else that should happen on a predictable schedule.

**Examples**

> "Every Monday at 8am, generate a status report of all open Podio projects and email it to the team."

> "On the first of every month, export all closed Salesforce deals from last month to CSV and upload it to our Google Drive."

> "Every night at midnight, scan our Podio Client Projects app for records that haven't been updated in 14 days and send me a list."

**Building a scheduled automation**

Tell AVA what you want to run and when:

> "I want a daily automation that runs at 7am."

AVA will ask what the automation should do. Describe the actions in plain language.

**Time zones**

When you specify a time ("run at 8am"), AVA uses your account's time zone by default. If you want a different time zone, specify it: "Run at 8am Eastern."

**Pausing and resuming**

Tell AVA: "Pause the Monday report automation." She will deactivate it. Tell her "Resume the Monday report automation" to reactivate it.

**Checking the last run**

> "When did the Monday report last run? Did it succeed?"

AVA will show you the last run timestamp and result.

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