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Create a scheduled trigger

Administrators use scheduled triggers to configure actions that run at defined intervals such as hourly, daily, monthly, or on specific days. The trigger continues to execute on the specified schedule until it is disabled or deleted.

The scheduled triggers have two main components:

  • target – The workflow that must be invoked
  • schedule – The time and frequency of trigger execution

To create a scheduled trigger:

  1. Click Menu > Orchestration > Triggers.
  2. Click the Scheduled Triggers tab.
  3. Click Add Trigger.
  4. Enter a name and description for the trigger, and then click Add.
    • Maximum length for the trigger name: 162 characters
    • Maximum length for the trigger description: 512 characters
  5. Under Workflow target, select the workflow to invoke.
  6. Under Schedule, you either select the interactive schedule option or specify a cron expression:
    • Interactive
      TimeBasic
      • Execution time in hours and minutes
      Custom Input
      • Every hour or List of hours from 0 to 23
      • List of minutes from 0 to 59
      DaysDays of the week
      • Every day or Selected days from Sunday to Saturday
      Days of the month
      • Everyday or List of days from 1 to 31 
      Months

      Every month or Selected months from January to December

      		NA
    • Cron Expression – The schedule is made up of different cron expression parts:
      • minutes – The minutes at which the trigger runs (0-59). You can specify up to two values in a comma-separated list. 
      • hours – The hours at which the trigger runs (0–23).
      • daysOfMonth – The days of the month on which the trigger runs (1–31).
      • months – The months in which the trigger runs (1–12).
      • daysOfWeek – The days of the week on which the trigger runs, starting with Sunday (1–7).

      For example, to run the trigger every weekday at 10:00 AM, the cron expression is 0 10 * * 2,3,4,5,6.

      Notes:
      • The * character indicates that the trigger runs for every value in a field excluding the minutes field.
      • If either daysOfMonth or daysOfWeek is specified with a numeric value or *, the other field must use the ? character to indicate no specific value is set.
  7. Select the timezone from the list.
  8. Click Create.
Notes:
  • Schedule has a variable window of up to five minutes after your configured time. The offset remains consistent as long as the trigger is active. Triggers run within a flexible window around the configured schedule. The offset within this window remains consistent for each specific trigger. For example, a trigger scheduled to run hourly might execute at two minutes past the hour or five minutes past the hour. Once this offset is established, the trigger continues to run at the same delay for as long as it exists.
  • A trigger can run a maximum of two times per hour. The UI and API include validation that prevents configuring more than two-minute values within a single hour.

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