# Workflow Automations

### Overview

A **workflow automation** is a way to let technology handle repetitive tasks for you automatically, so you don’t have to do them manually. Imagine you have a series of steps you need to follow, like sending an email, updating a spreadsheet, or moving a file when something happens. Instead of doing each step yourself, a workflow automation does it for you, following a set of rules you create.

### Triggers

*– It’s what initiates the process, the **"Starting Point".***

A **trigger** is the event that starts the workflow. It's like the spark that sets everything in motion.

### Actions

*– It’s the specific task that gets carried out automatically, the **"Task"***

An **action** is what happens after the trigger. It’s the task that the automation performs automatically in response to the trigger. You can have multiple actions in a workflow.

### Conditions

*– It’s the rule that determines when and how tasks should be executed, the **"Rule"*** 

A **condition** is a rule that decides whether or not an action should happen. It’s like a checkpoint that says, "Only do this if certain criteria are met."

### Putting It All Together

In a workflow automation, the **trigger** kicks off the process, the **condition** decides if certain actions should happen based on specific criteria, and the **action** is what the system does automatically once the conditions are met.