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Update declined matters and clear the queue daily

Automatically monitor the declined referral queue daily across Schedule by Zapier, Zapier Tables, Lexamica, and Salesforce. Automatically close matters when declined referrals are older than your threshold, stages match the declined status, or cases are foundβ€”so you can close matters, update Salesforce records, and clear queue entries without manual queue follow-up.

How this automation clears declined queue backlogs

When the daily decline sweep runs, stale queue items can keep matters open and slow intake decisions. This automation finds eligible declined queue records, verifies referral case stage, and updates Salesforce while deleting processed entriesβ€”so your team clears the backlog without manual cleanup.

  1. 1.Runs daily sweep trigger

    Integrate Schedule by Zapier and automation schedules to run a daily sweep for declined queue processing.

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  2. 2.Finds eligible decline queue records

    Integrate Zapier Tables to search the decline queue and map fields for each candidate queue record.

    Zapier Tablesor swap with your favorite app
  3. 3.Stops when no queue records match

    Integrate Filter by Zapier to continue only when the table search returns one or more eligible records.

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  4. 4.Processes each queue record

    Integrate Looping by Zapier to iterate through each eligible record for referral lookup and verification.

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  5. 5.Searches referral cases

    Integrate Lexamica and referral lookup tools to find a matching case and confirm the stage equals the declined stage.

    Lexamicaor swap with your favorite app
  6. 6.Updates matter close picklist

    Integrate Salesforce and CRM field tools to update the matching matter record with the configured closed picklist value.

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Calendly
Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
ActiveCampaign
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
Ruggable

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