# Sending Notifications Using NocoderHQ Countdown Component **URL:** \ **Category:** External Collections, Custom Actions & Collections\ **Created:** [November 22, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434 "2023-11-22T06:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@anar](https://forum.adalo.com/u/anar)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/1 "2023-11-22T06:48:43Z")
Hi, I’m making a check-in/out feature sending notifications using NocoderHQ Countdown. In my Admin Panel, I have a custom list which in it have 4 NocoderHQ Countdown. (One of them sends notifications 24 hours before the job starts, the other one sends 1 hour before etc.) By the way, I get these times (before 24 hours, before 1 hour, before 10 minutes using the Arbitrary JS component). The Problem: 1) It doesn’t work as I expected. It sends a large amount of notifications to users in the list **WHEN I OPEN** the check-in/out screen in my Admin Panel. (But I wanted to send a notification after Countdown ends) 2) When I restricted this component (When this action happens → Sometimes → Countdown time is between 1 minute before and 1 minute after from current time) it sent notification exact time but **TWICE ☹** ---
**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/2 "2023-11-22T06:59:48Z")
@anar please keep in mind that the countdown works **only** when your app is opened and running on the desktop/mobile. If you close your browser tab → the app is closed and therefore no countdowns exist anymore. If you’d like to send scheduled notifications properly, I’d recommend using something like Make or Zapier. As for your setup, it seems that the time isn’t set correctly in these countdowns. And a final note - mind the actions counter when you’re using countdowns in a list, you can spend a lot of actions using such setup. Best, Victor. ---
**Author:** ![anar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@anar](https://forum.adalo.com/u/anar)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/3 "2023-11-22T07:32:02Z")
Thanks, Viktor for you really. I actually tried to do it using Make, but couldn’t achieve it (couldn’t schedule it, just found the DELAY function which is not what I needed). Can you guide me on how to achieve scheduling notifications using Make or have screenshots of Make about which components you used to schedule? ---
**Author:** ![anar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@anar](https://forum.adalo.com/u/anar)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/4 "2023-11-22T10:46:54Z")
@Victor or do you know anybody who achieved it? ---
**Author:** ![Rozza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/rozza/32/22780_2.png) [@Rozza](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Rozza)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/5 "2023-11-22T10:56:38Z")
There’s a few ways to go about this. At the heart of it is a table storing the scheduled notifications, then a server (make, xano or other) going through the table and sending the notification if the ‘scheduled\_time’ has been reached. There are also some APIs that essentially do this for you. Here is one. I have not used it, I do it via Xano. > **[Notification API | Abracadalo API Handbook](https://docs.abracadalo.com/notification-api#send)** > > Get started with the Abracadalo API! This handbook includes guides to set you up and a reference for all APIs and how to use them properly. Essentially you are storing the scheduled notifications then hitting the Adalo Notifications API to send them. For prototype or low level MVP you can also use a countdown timer running in a list of your ‘scheduled\_notifications’ ---
**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/6 "2023-11-22T12:04:31Z")
Hi @anar, In Make you can set up the scenario to be run based on some schedule ([https://www.make.com/en/help/scenarios/scheduling-a-scenario](https://www.make.com/en/help/scenarios/scheduling-a-scenario)). Then the scenario is executed every X minutes / hours / days. You can send reminder days / hours in advance of some datetime using this feature. However please keep in mind that scheduled scenario execution in Make is not super-precise so I won’t advice using it for 10-minutes reminders. Best, Victor. ---
**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/7 "2023-11-22T12:05:57Z")
@Rozza unfortunately if the app is closed → countdown timer do not exist anymore → no notifications sent. ---
**Author:** ![Rozza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/rozza/32/22780_2.png) [@Rozza](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Rozza)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/8 "2023-11-22T12:10:34Z")
Hi Victor, yes I’m aware, I don’t mean for a production level app, but for prototype, you have a machine with a web app running, the web app custom list countdown timer becomes the server process. Of course if you close the window or a problem occurs, then your ‘server process’ doesn’t work anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/9 "2023-11-22T12:16:59Z")
Yeah, I know that you know 🙂 What I meant is that some makers _think_ that after using countdown in the raw MVP they can continue using this approach afterwards. As you can imagine the results are disappointing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@anar](https://forum.adalo.com/u/anar)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/10 "2023-11-22T14:35:33Z")
Hi @Rozza I haven’t used Xano before, If I create a ‘scheduled\_notifications’ list in Xano, can I send scheduled notifications to specific users at a specific time? do I need to be in an _Apprentice_ or _Master Wizard_ plan in Adalo for that? I saw in Abracadalo that, I need to be in an _Apprentice_ or _Master Wizard_ plan in Adalo and unfortunately I can’t afford that ---
**Author:** ![Rozza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/rozza/32/22780_2.png) [@Rozza](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Rozza)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/11 "2023-11-22T14:44:07Z")
The reason you need **team** or **business** plan in Adalo is for access to the Notifications API This is true Xano, Make and Zapier (I think) too. ---
**Author:** ![anar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@anar](https://forum.adalo.com/u/anar)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/12 "2023-11-22T14:52:33Z")
Thanks, @Rozza, Does that mean I have only the Countdown component for sending scheduled notifications? ---
**Author:** ![Rozza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/rozza/32/22780_2.png) [@Rozza](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Rozza)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/13 "2023-11-22T14:59:54Z")
Indeed. But keep in mind what Victor and I have discussed. If you close that browser window then your list / countdown timer will not run. ---
**Author:** ![Dilon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/dilon/32/39815_2.png) [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/sending-notifications-using-nocoderhq-countdown-component/43434/14 "2026-03-27T19:01:57Z")
@anar, checkout scheduled notifications! > **[Scheduled Notifications | Adalo Resources](https://help.adalo.com/action-basics/notifications/scheduled-notifications)** > > Allow your app to send a push messages to users at a future date and time, even if the app is not open.