Action Templates (Saved Actions)

Action Templates are activities that are used repeatedly in your sales process.

You can easily create a list of individual actions or group them and assign them to contacts in just one click.

In this article:

Set up Action Templates
Action Template variables
Insert Action Templates
Group Actions



Set up Action Templates

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Open a contact → scroll down to the blue Next Action box → select Action Templates.

Contact profile | Action Templates


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In the Action Templates pop-up, click on Edit Action list to add and edit them.

Contact profile | Action Templates pop-up


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To add a new Action Template, click on the Add new Action... placeholder line → click Save.

Contact profile | Action Templates pop-up | add new template


💡 You can drag and drop actions within the Action Template pop-up.

💡 You can create a maximum of 1000 Action Templates.

💡 When importing a CSV file, you can assign multiple actions only if they are saved as a group in Action Templates.

💡 When updating actions in bulk, you can access your Action Templates and grouped actions.

💡 All users on the account can create Action Templates. Once created, all users have access to assign them to contacts.



Action Template variables

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Variables can be added to Action Templates to populate details automatically.

You can choose from the following:

Variable Description
[Firstname] The first name of the contact will be populated.
[Today] The action will be set for the day the template is applied.
[Tomorrow] The action will be set for the day after the template is applied.
[ASAP] The action will be set as ASAP (as soon as possible).
[Waiting] The action will be set as Waiting for.
[1 day] / [2 days] / [x days] The action will be set for the number of days in the bracket after the day the template is applied.

👉 Example: "Follow up with [Firstname] after the meeting [2 days]."

The first name will be populated for the contact the action is assigned to, and scheduled 2 days after the action has been assigned.

Contact profile | Action assigned



Insert Action Templates

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There are two ways to insert an Action Template:
  • By typing in the Next Action text field and selecting an option from the dropdown.

Contact profile | Action Templates dropdown when adding new action

Or...
  • Open the Action Templates, select one or multiple actions from the existing actions → select a user and click Insert.

Action Templates Editor | Select actions and user, then click Save.


💡 You can apply an Action Template or a grouped Action Template to multiple contacts at once.


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Once an action is inserted, you can edit it if needed → click Save.

Contact profile | Reassign action


💡 Skip weekend days (Fri — Sun) in case your Action Template date would fall on them.



Group Action Templates

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Open a contact → scroll down to the blue Next Action box → select Action Templates.

Contact profile | Action Templates


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In the Action Templates pop-up, click on Edit Action list to add and edit them.

Contact profile | Action Templates pop-up


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Create new actions or select multiple existing actions from the list → click Group Actions.

Contact profile | Action Templates pop-up | select templates to be grouped


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Name your group → click Save.

Contact profile | Action Templates pop-up | Add group name

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