You can create automations based on the criteria you set, i.e. conditions that trigger the automation to run.

Broadly speaking there are two types of criteria;

CLASSIC CRITERIA - which you can select from the If dropdown list
CONTACT FILTERS - which allow you to select multiple conditions using the Contact Filters

Type of Condition	What you can look for	Step by step instructions

Type of Condition	What you can look for	Step by step instructions
A contact matches criteria you’ve defined using Contact Filters	Any attribute of a contact which is available Contact Filters	https://makerble.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MCPD/pages/2196111376
A contact has specific information in a field on their Contact Form	List field matches a specific Answer Choice Number field is greater than or equal to a certain number
A contact has a specific response to a survey question	List field matches a specific Answer Choice Number field is greater than or equal to a certain number	https://makerble.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MCPD/pages/1742405633
The number of stories a contact is tagged in	is greater than or equal to a certain number
Number of days that have passed since the contact was tagged in a story	is greater than or equal to a certain number	https://makerble.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MCPD/pages/1557233679
Number of days that have passed without the contact receiving any SMS or Email Messages, since the contact was added to the project (Note: Emails sent via the Gmail integration are not counted)	is greater than or equal to a certain number
Number of days that have passed since the contact was added to the Enrolled state of the project	is greater than or equal to a certain number	https://makerble.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MCPD/pages/1615527952
Number of days that have passed without the contact completing a survey since the contact was added to the project	is greater than or equal to a certain number
Number of previous events that a contact was invited to but was not tagged in a story of (i.e. they did not attend) Note: if the contact was tagged in a story recorded in the event’s Attendance & Observations Page, the automation will not detect that they did not attend	is greater than or equal to a certain number
Number of days that the contact was not invited to an event since being added to the project.	is greater than or equal to a certain number	https://makerble.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MCPD/pages/1550450696
Users or Contacts who are added to an event as a guest.	The amount of time Before the event is The amount of time after the start of the end is The amount of time after the end of the event is
Users/Colleagues who are added to an event as an event worker.	The amount of time Before the event is The amount of time after the start of the end is The amount of time after the end of the event is
Users/Colleagues who are added to an event as an event manager.	The amount of time Before the event is The amount of time after the start of the end is The amount of time after the end of the event is	https://makerble.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MCPD/pages/1614774383
Relationships Has a Relationship 1 Has a Relationship 2 ……………………………… Has a Relationship n	is equals exactly to a certain relationship.
Event States Days since added as a guest to event’s [state 1] state Days since added as a guest to event’s [state 2] state ………………………………………………………. Days since added as a guest to event’s [state n] state	using [event category] is greater than or equal to a certain Hours.	https://makerble.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MCPD/pages/1722122570
Survey verdict is	using a [Survey] is equal to this [Verdict]	https://makerble.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MCPD/pages/1741455380

Automation Criteria - the types of conditions that trigger an automation

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