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title: "Routines"
description: "If you want to repeat an automation always at the same time you can convert it to a routine"
category: "Automations"
subcategory: "Automations"
last_updated: "2023-03-24"
source_url: "https://docs.xeox.com/automations/kk29w6Dr2iM3dbYa6gqsvV/routines/8gPBRML9Wf1np5UuhLMEXU"
---

# Routines

If you want to repeat an automation at the same time regularly, you can convert it to a routine. With a routine, you can repeat your job based on your desired schedule, such as yearly, monthly, weekly, etc.

You can either convert a job into a reoccuring routine, under **Automation - Active** by clicking **“Generate routine”.** This will allow the automation to turn into a routine. This is also possible to do when creating the automation, as seen [here](https://docs.xeox.com/automations/kk29w6Dr2iM3dbYa6gqsvV/automation/mZg6HQd9yufhkfDEeu4Yme) under **Runtime** or read on after the screenshots. You can make the automation daily, weekly or select a custom time on when you would like the automation to run (several times, as otherwise schedule would suffice)

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/b4dd2f5a35735e2b.png)

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/710535a72afd23aa.png)

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/4900b4bb866fc903.png)

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/acb6b7d0ca7bf565.png)

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/301e8076fa989d19.png)

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/de404482400113f1.png)

Alternatively you can create a routine under **Routine** or **Active** by changing the tab when creating an automation and using selecting **“Run periodically”**. Now you are given the choice wheter the routine should run daily, weekly or at a customly defined time:

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/8fcafce61697a3b8.png)

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/807a50d125911046.png)

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/8e2cc9c5b7424b1b.png)

You can also deactivate or activate a routine, by toggling the switch on or of in **Automation - Routine**:

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/453eb4d91a5c25ab.png)

If you click on the routine you get an overview of the settings:

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/5b5757e0bc24ff25.png)

And by changing the tab to **“Executed”** you can see when the automation has started, finished and whether there were any error messages:

![notion image](https://docs.xeox.com/media/81b3fdcc00aee4ed.png)