# CRM - How to mark opportunities as “Lost” by lead creation date
Imagine that you have a pipeline with opportunities linked to old leads, and you want to change the status of those opportunities to “Lost”.
Follow these steps:
1 - Access the pipeline;
2 - Choose the pipeline;
3 - Click the automation icon, choose “Pipeline Automation”, and finally select “\
\+ New automation”;
**NOTE: The pipeline automation will execute the action in all stages.**
But you can also configure this same automation per stage by clicking the + icon on the desired stage.
4 - Enter a title;
* In + Condition choose “Lead Field Value >> Creation Date, configure according to the desired date;
* In + Action choose “Change opportunity status” >> Choose the status and the reason.
* Select YES for “Only a single trigger per lead, and click Save
