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# Launching a Workflow After a Contact Import

Use this feature if:

* Your website is not integrated with our system, and contacts are added via [import](https://docs.yespo.io/docs/file-uploading);
* You don't have a website subscription form, but you have a contact list and want to launch messages for these contacts.

## 1. Creating a Workflow

1. Go to **Automation → Workflows** and click **New workflow**.

<Image src="https://files.readme.io/b011c2b2444402e38c8ed314819d467f1146ba0276adcc0cd22ed99210f76d6a-image.png" alt="Workflows list with the New workflow button highlighted" align="center" width="79%" />

2. Enter the workflow title and [tags](https://docs.yespo.io/docs/how-add-tags) (optional). Build a chain of actions and add the following blocks:
   * **Start** (will be added automatically);
   * **Message**;
   * **End**.

<Image src="https://files.readme.io/82e7db664c2f52407cbb2de2ae03da230819612e3718ac21a03b816d6ae128f4-image.png" alt="Workflow builder named New Workflow with Start/Stop configuration, a Messages block, and End connected in sequence" align="center" width="80%" />

3. Click **Save and Exit**.&#x20;
   <Callout icon="📘" theme="info">
     ### Note

     You **do not need** to activate the workflow or configure its start conditions.
   </Callout>

<Image src="https://files.readme.io/f84ee55ce46d8647af6b4f157fd135e43dbd14003d703e3384f273f6cb3b3ef3-image.png" alt="Workflows list with the Start/Stop configuration link highlighted for the Feedback workflow" align="center" width="80%" />

## 2. Contact Import

1. Go to **Contacts → Import** and click on **Upload File**.

<Image src="https://files.readme.io/7ffb1d71de3412f454170d5e193becad31db74b319eab161009d725b99637810-image.png" alt="Contacts import page with the Upload file option highlighted" align="center" width="80%" />

2. Download the file, map contact fields,
3. Enable the **Launch a workflow after the import** switcher in the **Parameters**, and select a workflow.

<Image src="https://files.readme.io/a286408b68f42456b70791bf9f2137d31667e389b508719f1474fc40634583ca-image.png" alt="New Import Parameters step with the Launch a workflow after the import toggle enabled and Select workflow highlighted" align="center" width="80%" />

The workflow will be launched after the import is finished.

## Troubleshooting

The workflow launch may fail if:

* Contacts from the imported file already exist in the system.
* Contacts have been deleted or restored from the previously deleted contacts.
* The message isn’t selected in the block settings.

To test the created workflow, import a test contact list including several contacts. Once you've made sure everything works correctly, download the main contact list.