Schedule
Start a workflow at set times: every few minutes, every day at 9, or on a cron expression.
Start a workflow
Schedule
Start the workflow on a fixed schedule.
- Frequency · Required
How often it starts the workflow.
Options: Every X Minutes, Every Hour, Every X Hours, Every Day, Every X Days, Every Week, Every Month, Cron Expression.
Default: Every Hour.
- Days · Required
Run every N days (at the chosen hour).
Options: 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 4 days, 5 days, 6 days, 7 days, 10 days, 14 days, 15 days, 30 days.
Default: 2 days.
Shows when Frequency is Every X Days.
- Hours · Required
How many hours between runs.
Options: 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours.
Default: 1 hour.
Shows when Frequency is Every X Hours.
- Minutes · Required
How many minutes between runs.
Options: 1 minute to 59 minutes (59 options).
Default: 5 minutes.
Shows when Frequency is Every X Minutes.
- Hour of the day · Required
The hour at which the trigger fires.
Options: Midnight to 11 pm (24 options).
Default: Midnight.
Shows when Frequency is Every Day, Every X Days, Every Week or Every Month.
- Days of the week · Required
The days of the week it runs on.
Options: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Shows when Frequency is Every Week.
- Day of the month · Required
The day of the month it runs on (1–31).
Options: 1 to 31 (31 options).
Default: 1.
Shows when Frequency is Every Month.
- Cron Expression · Required
Standard 5-field cron expression (such as '*/5 * * * *').
Default: 0/5 * * * *.
Shows when Frequency is Cron Expression.
- Timezone · Required
Timezone used to interpret the schedule's time of day and weekday boundaries.
Options: (GMT) UTC to (GMT+12:00) Pacific, Fiji (30 options).
Default: (GMT) UTC.
- Run on weekends (Sat, Sun) · Required
When off, it runs only on weekdays (Mon–Fri).
Off by default.
Shows when Frequency is Every Hour or Every Day.
Nothing runs until you publish the workflow. Test runs it once with a sample time.
A later step can use its data, such as {{trigger.cron_expression}}, {{trigger.day}}, {{trigger.day_of_week}} and 9 more. See Use data from earlier steps.
For a step-by-step guide, see Run on a schedule.
Limits
- The shortest interval is 1 minute.
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For developers
In the API, which calls apps pieces, Schedule is pieceId: "schedule". Its trigger is schedule / schedule. Get an app returns every field.