Overview

Triggers can be used to specify conditions under which a flow is automatically run.

The presence of a trigger step is not required, but without one a flow will only run when it is executed manually.

Types of triggers

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   Watch triggers monitor data or events, and activate upon the satisfaction of some user-defined criteria.

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   Schedule triggers await a particular user-defined future point in time, upon which they activate themselves.

Example use cases

Using watch triggers

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   when a competitor's webpage is updated

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   when a key metric crosses a specific threshold

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   when another flow successfully finishes a run

Using schedule triggers

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   at an absolute point in time: on 2030-01-01 at 12:00PM PST

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   at a relative point in time: five minutes from now

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   recurringly: every Friday at 09:00AM EST