How to set up Schedular
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Trigger
Use automated scheduling
and avoid delays, errors and mis-organized calendars. Use it to trigger workflows periodically. You can use this Trigger
to schedule a job (trigger Action(s)
) or to perform batch jobs (Cron
jobs). For example, you can use Schedular
as your Trigger
node:
- To send an SMS daily.
- To send a reminder hourly/daily,
- To send Emails to customers on their monthly usage of a product/service from Google Sheets.
- To schedule meetings based on your data.
When you select Schedular
as your Trigger
node, you can:
- Set the timing to
Once
for one time jobs or set the timing asfixed frequency
for recurring jobs. - You can also set the timing to
Custom
and define the frequency you require using a Cron expression. - You can specify when the scheduler should kickoff by specifying the start date and time from the calendar.
You can use this trigger
to schedule one or more actions at specified time intervals based on your account plan.
Setting up your Schedular
- To start creating this
, select “Intelligent Connected Apps” icon from menu, and then click on “Create new ” button. - Give a name for your
. - Go to next screen by clicking the green arrow button.
- Select
Schedular
as thetrigger
for yourfrom the list of services & drag & drop it to the editor. - From the right hand panel that appears (if not already appearing, double click on the
node
), select “Trigger” as your function.
- Select the time interval of the Trigger from
Once
,fixed frequency
(rate of execution) andCustom
. - Optionally, if the schedule needs to be started in the future, you can specify the start date and time.
- If you need to update the date and time of an already running
, stop the before updating the date & time.
- Proceed with the addition of one or more actions for your desired
.
Tip: Whenever you want to select data values from previous steps, click button in your workflow.