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Using Text Messages as trigger in Automation Builder

Trigger an automation when a new text activity is logged in Follow Up Boss, using our automation builder.

Written by Mihir Lodhavia

Text messages created trigger indicates a text activity being logged for a Follow Up Boss lead. A perfect use case for this trigger is tracking agent activity on a new lead. Contact support@interface.re for acquiring The Brand Realty's Agent Accountability Case Study, who have set this up! Here's how to set up Text Created trigger:

  1. Open Automation Builder and click on Create New Workflow at the top right of the screen


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  2. Enter Workflow Title and Description and click on Continue.
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  3. Click to select a trigger for the workflow


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  4. Select Follow Up Boss as the platform to connect

  5. Select textMessages triggers


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  6. Click on TextMessage Created

  7. Now, we need to test the trigger. Click on Test Trigger


    This is how the output looks, if the test is successful:


    If the test failed, please log into Follow Up Boss and send a a new text, which would work as a test. Once done, wait for a few seconds and click on Test Trigger button again, and it should give a successful result.
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  8. Select an action by clicking on Follow Up Boss

  9. Select an action of your choice. We will go forward by selecting Set Tag

  10. Click on '+' button to add one (or more) tags.

  11. After adding the Tag name, and click on Test Action.

  12. A successful test looks like this

  13. Click on Save Workflow, and turn on the Workflow

You can now manually test the automation from Follow Up Boss. Contact support@interface.re if you have any questions!
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PRO TIP: How to trace the lead in FUB, for which your test ran.


To identify the test account where the automation ran while testing, open the test results from step 1 (trigger). You may have to click on 'Show previous test details' if the results are not visible.
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From the results, we need to identify 'person.id' field. The output is the FUB Person ID for our test. Copy the ID. Here's how it looks:
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Now, open Follow Up Boss and open any lead. We need to adjust the last part of the URL to match the FUB Person we used as a test.


Paste the ID and press enter:

On this lead, you can see if the test action ran successfully.

Feel free to reach out to support@interface.re if you have any questions!

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