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Doug EdenDoug Eden 

I need to send email birthdays automatically based on the day and month within a custom object.

I need to send email birthdays automatically based on the day and month within a custom object.
krishnak2krishnak2
You can use schedule Workflow Email alerts based on the date stored.
Doug EdenDoug Eden
Thank you, Yes I did but the Date of Birth includes the year so I am having a challenge. I just want the email to go out based on the month and day. Virus-free. www.avast.com
Alain CabonAlain Cabon
Creating an Automatic Birthday Email:

Workflow rules by themselves typically run once until a record is saved or edited in any way, in which case it is reset.  So creating a single workflow rule to email a customer on his or her next birthday is a fairly basic workflow rule.
The trick is to get it to reset every year.  The idea behind this article is to have another workflow rule, triggered by the first, to "edit" a record automatically, therefore triggering the first again (and setting the next birthday email date in the meantime).

https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000181218&language=en_US&type=1

15 steps (not trivial at all, quite tricky)
Doug EdenDoug Eden
Thank you. Virus-free. www.avast.com