Schedules in Vertical Studio allow you to automate the execution of specific actions, either once or at recurring time intervals, in your application. You can execute actions like sending emails, updating records, or triggering workflows automatically without manual intervention using Deluge functions.

It helps in streamlining the recurring activities by saving time and improving overall efficiency. You can configure Schedules to run on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or custom frequency to achieve your requirements in the application.

Packaged Schedules are created in the developer console and deployed to subscriber organizations during signup or through upgrades. Any new Schedule that is created in the developer console will be included in the next version of the application.

To know more about packaging, please refer to our guide on Components Packaging in Zoho Vertical Studio.

Changes and Impacts 

When a packaged Schedule is modified, published, and pushed as an upgrade to the subscribers' accounts, the impacts to the existing automations and workflows that are associated with the schedule are explained below.

1. Creating and Deleting a Schedule 

Deploying a new schedule will not impact any existing workflows. However, deleting an existing schedule will disrupt workflows and other automations that rely on that function within the subscriber's organization.

2. Editing a Schedule

Editing the Name and Execution Start Date & Time will not cause any impacts in the subscriber's organization.