Why doesn't this automation work?

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I have written an automation in Velocity to remind users when they have reached their quota for images and redirect them to a page, but it doesn't work. The event that I have selected to trigger the automation is Media.BeforeCreate. Here's the code: 
 #set($user = false) #set($user = $core_v2_user.Accessing) #set($imageQuota = $core_v2_utility.ParseInt($user.ExtendedAttributes.get_Item("ImageQuota").Value)) #set($imageList = $core_v2_media.List("%{ AuthorId=$user.Id, IncludeUnpublished='True' }")) #set($imageCount = $imageList.Count) #if ($imageCount >= $imageQuota) {"redirectUrl":"$core_v2_encoding.JavascriptEncode($core_v2_urls.Custom('Select_Plan'))","message":"$core_v2_encoding.JavascriptEncode($core_v2_language.FormatString($core_v2_language.GetResource('ImageQuotaReached'), $core_v2_language.FormatNumber($imageCount), $core_v2_language.FormatNumber($imageQuota)))"} #end

Steven Heffner · Accepted Answer

Automations are not run in-line during a request, so they won't be able to redirect the user to a different page. It sounds like this logic would be better handled by making a customization to the " Media Gallery - Upload/Edit File Form" widget. 
 Beyond that, a couple tips on the logic itself: 
 
 It's possible the image count is not updated until after the media is created - so double check the edge case to make sure it's returning the numbers you expect. 
 Once you create an Automation type via the studio, make sure to create and configure a configured Automation via the "Automations" page, and select the type you just created. This is required to actually run your automation with any selected events and required configuration provided.

Why doesn't this automation work?

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