--- ## Introduction --- This user-friendly module allows you to create, validate, and automate the entire customer workflow, starting from transactional emails (thanks to emails, confirmations, and so on) to advanced multi-path marketing strategies. **From this chapter you will learn:**

What the Automation module looks like,

where to find the information about basic configuration. ## Automation module --- Every automation process could be built from five types of nodes: 1. **Triggers** - When their conditions are met, they start the automation. 2. **Conditions** - These narrow down the number of target profiles and eliminate those who shouldn't be the subject of further actions. 3. **Operation nodes** - This is a collection of nodes which are meant to transfer, upload files and transform data. 3. **Actions** - These are actions taken by the system in relation to profiles, such as updating data or sending messages. 4. **Flow control** - These nodes organize the automation flow. Learn more about nodes and creating easy automations from our video!

- [Automation documentation](/docs/automation) - check the complete documentation of the Automation module.