SharePoint Designer workflow question

Question

I have created a new workflow in SharePoint designer 2013 in which when a date has been reached then the users needs to be informed that one section if missing needs to be completed. But I want to know that how can I do it automated because there are 3 options with the checkbox which says in short:

• When an item is created
• Changed
• Manual start

How can I do this is SharePoint Designer 2013 so that it knows when a date has been approached and will inform the user about it. Without any change in the list.

Answer 1

You can trigger your workflow on When an item is created trigger.

Then you need to use Pause Until Date action in SharePoint designer 2013 workflow which:

Causes a workflow to pause executing until a specified date and time.

After this workflow action, you can send an email to your targeted users to inform to fill necessary information.

Reference: Workflow actions in SharePoint Designer 2013.