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Triggering Mode – Timed Triggering

Timed triggering: You can set a recurring cycle time like 8am every Monday, and the workflow will be triggered automatically at 8am every Monday.

Scenario:

  • Set a workflow to automatically send employees a record at 18:00 everyday to fill in the daily working summary.

How to set timed triggering workflows​

Choose [Timed Triggering] when creating a workflow​

How to create a workflow

Start Time​

The start time is the time when the workflow is first executed. The workflow starts its first loop trigger at this time. The default time is 8:00 on the day.

End Execution Time​

If it is not a workflow that executes in a permanent loop, you can select a time and the workflow will be closed automatically when the specified time is reached.

Loop​

The period of the cycle can be every hour, daily, workday (Monday to Friday), weekly, monthly, yearly, or a custom cycle.

  • The date of the loop is based on the start time you set for the workflow.

    For example, the start time selected in the above figure is 2021-09-01 (Wednesday), if it is a weekly cycle, the workflow will be triggered every Wednesday; if it is a monthly cycle, the workflow will be triggered on the first day of each month; if it is a yearly cycle, the workflow will be triggered on September 1 every year.

  • Working days are Monday to Friday, excluding holidays. If you need Monday to Saturday, please set a custom cycle.

Custom Cycle​

In addition to the cycles supported by the system, more flexible custom cycles are also supported.

For example, you can set the workflow to be triggered at 9:00 every day; or you can set the workflow to be triggered at a certain time every Wednesday and Friday.

Configuration Steps

    1. First set a start time.
    1. Set [H] part.
    1. Set [Date/day of week].
    1. Set [M] part.
    1. Click [Generate the initial seven times of execution time].

Example: Set a workflow triggered at 9:00 am and 9:00 pm every weekday​

  • Hour: Triggered at a fixed value, 9:00 and 21:00

  • Date: Monday to Friday

  • Month: Triggered every month

Add Actions and Publish Workflow​

After the workflow is published, you can click [Execute immediately] to test the nodes in the workflow.

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