Organize your automation flow

This article goes through different ways to reorganize your automation flow.

Sometimes you might want to reorganize your automation. There are many options to choose from when you change your mind:

  • Move component
  • Copy component
  • Undo or redo changes

For both move and copy, you'll find the options by hovering on each component.

Activity

Hover menu on an Activity component showing the Move and Copy options

Branch

Hover menu on a Branch component showing the Move and Copy options

Split

Hover menu on a Split component showing the Move and Copy options

Example

Here's an example of how to move branch content:

  1. Hover on the activity or split you want to move.
  2. Select Move. This highlights the whole section that will be moved.

    Automation flow with a section highlighted after selecting Move

  3. Click the Place here button at your intended destination. You can cancel the move by clicking Undo in the top right corner as you hover on the activity or split.

    Automation flow showing the Place here button at available destination points

  4. The change takes place immediately. If you want to undo it, click the Undo button in the top right corner. You can also redo a change that was undone.

Good to know about Undo and Redo

Each time you save the automation, your change history will be reset. This means you can't undo a change after saving. The change history is also reset if you reload or navigate away from the page.

Change type of split or activity

You can change the type of an existing split or activity directly in the automation. For splits, the Change split option appears when you hover on the component.

Hover menu on a Split component showing the Change split option

Once you select Change split, you can choose the new type for your split:

Split type selection panel showing the available split types to switch to

In the same way, selecting Change activity on an activity brings up the following:

Activity type selection panel showing the available activity types to switch to

For splits that go from many to fewer branches, the outcome of changing the split type can be hard to predict. If things don't go the way you intended, use Undo.

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