List Reminders and Pausing Workflows

So you have a calendar or list that you need to notify people on. Say for example, there is an event in a calendar that is happening on the 31st January but it was booked months ago and you know that people are going to forget about it! You can create a workflow to get around this to send a reminder a few days before.


You need to create a custom workflow for this one. Retention only works forward (thanks for that!) so we need something to go backwards!!!!


Basically, your workflow should look something like this:

This adds -7 Days to the Start Time of the Event and outputs it to a variable in the workflow. Then the workflow is Paused until that date and then an email is sent to remind the person in question.

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy