How to have longer delays in make

Hello, I am facing a problem with setting up a 10-minute delay in Make. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.

I created two scenarios for this purpose, with the goal of delaying the sending of emails by 10 minutes. The first scenario starts with a “watch posts” from WordPress, followed by a “data store add/replace a record” and an HTTP module to link with the second scenario. The “data store add/replace a record” stores the next check date by adding a 10-minute delay using the metric {{formatDate(addMinutes(now; 10); "DD-MM-YYYY hh:mm")}}.

The second scenario begins with a webhook that receives data from the first scenario. Then, a "data store search record" is used to search for the first record created in the first scenario, applying the filter “next check date later than or equal to now.” Finally, the email module is triggered to send the email after 10 minutes.

The issue encountered is that when the scenario reaches the "data store search record"module, it stops and doesn’t resume after the 10 minutes to send the email. The delay logic doesn’t seem to work correctly, and the scenario doesn’t restart after the 10-minute delay.

Hey there,

yeah I don’t know what gave you that idea, but that’s not how Search modules work at all.

You need a Sleep module set to 10 minutes in the first scenario and then the Send Email module after it.

Hello, the maximum for the sleep module in make is 5 minutes. I want longer delays. Can you clarify how the search records module works, if you know? Thanks.

Welcome to the Make community!

To schedule a callback, you can try using the 0CodeKit “Schedule a Cronjob or a Timer for a Webhook” module —

Schedules a webhook execution with JSON by setting up a cronjob or timer.

Then, you can put that Webhook + email modules in a second scenario.

For more information, see https://www.make.com/en/integrations/onesaas, and https://www.make.com/en/help/app/onesaas in the help centre.

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

@samliew

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Hello, Thank you so much for your responce I will try the 0codekit module