# Allow draft and scheduled Regular emails as workflow enrollment trigger **URL:** \ **Category:** HubSpot Ideas\ **Tags:** workflows\ **Created:** [May 17, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/allow-draft-and-scheduled-regular-emails-as-workflow-enrollment-trigger/37441 "2021-05-17T14:09:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougroberts](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dougroberts/32/39641_2.png) [@dougroberts](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dougroberts)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/allow-draft-and-scheduled-regular-emails-as-workflow-enrollment-trigger/37441/1 "2021-05-17T14:09:07Z")
**Overview** As a marketing executive I’d like to build workflows using the “Marketing email activity” of draft or scheduled Regular emails as the enrollment trigger so that I can build an automated campaign in advance of start date. **Specific use case** I am building a campaign that has 3 different emails, each being sent on specific dates. Depending on the actions a user takes with each email, they may receive different variants or be removed from the campaign - the logic of this is being handled by a workflow around each email send and list memberships. Only Regular emails can be scheduled on a date, so I would like to use “Contact Received Email” within the _Marketing email activity_ as an enrollment trigger. However, currently only published Automated and sent Regular emails are available options. **Benefits** This would enable users to achieve two things: 1. Build more advanced automated campaigns 1. the benefit of using a scheduled email (rather than a workflow centred around a date to send an Automate email) is that the workflow actions of _Delay for set amount of time_, _Delay until a day or time_, and _Delay until event happens_ are all still available 2. Build campaigns in advance of sending emails 1. this is the same benefit as the scheduling emails / social post features; being able to “schedule a workflow” I can do all my work in advance, let the campaign run without intervention, and concentrate on my other projects 2. in my specific use case, I’m effectively scheduling a workflow by building it off the back of a scheduled Regular email, which in my mind is the most efficient way **Workarounds for others** If you’ve stumbled upon this looking to do the same thing, here’s what I’ve done as a (admittedly rather cumbersome) workaround. This is for a 3 email campaign example, with each email sent on a specific date. If anyone has a better workaround that’d be great! You only need to use this approach if you’re using different types of delay _and_ looking to send on specific dates. 1. Publish Emails 1, 2, and 3 as automated emails 2. Build Workflow 1 centred around a date 1. Workflow sends Email 1 2. Workflow enrols in Workflow 2 3. Build Workflow 2 1. Workflow 2 handles the logic for user behaviour following Email 1 and other follow-on actions (e.g. any tasks, list adds / removals you may have) 2. Workflow 2 enrolls in Workflow 3 4. Build Workflow 3 centred around a date 1. Workflow sends Email 2 2. Workflow enrols in Workflow 4 5. Build Workflow 4 1. Workflow 4 handles the logic for user behaviour following Email 2 and other follow-on actions (e.g. any tasks, list adds / removals you may have) 2. Workflow 4 enrolls in Workflow 5 6. Build Workflow 5 centred around a date 1. Workflow sends Email 3 That’s essentially 2 workflows per email; one “centred around a date” to send the automated email, another to handle the logic of your campaign activity. **Alternative feature suggestions to solve same problem** The use case could also be solved by letting users access the 4 types of Delay in a single workflow: 1. Delay schedule and timing 2. Delay for set amount of time 3. Delay until a day or time 4. Delay until event happens Currently, you can either get 1, or 2-4, but not all. Of course, you could deliver _both_ suggestions and that’d be smashing, as they each bring their own benefits.