Is there anyway to speed up automations?

Sarah Ludtke

For example, in our design list sheet we have an automation set up to default the lighting designer column to N/A if you chose a drop down that states lighting is not needed. From the time you chose lighting is not needed, to the time that the designer column auto populates to N/A, is about 2-5 min. My team was hoping there was a way to get this to populate instantly. Also, once a job is marked complete, there's an automation to move that row to a "completed sheet", but that is also taking between 5-10 min or you need to exit out of the sheet and get back in. Any suggestions on how to speed that up?

Andrée Starå

Hi @Sarah Ludtke

I hope you're well and safe!

It should usually be quicker, but it might be that it's happening in the background so you would have to refresh to see it earlier.

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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KPH

Hi @Sarah Ludtke

Two quick thoughts -

1 does the lighting to n/a need to be an automation of could you use an IF formula in the cell - that would be instant.

2 do you save the sheet after marking a row as complete?