Scheduled Trigger

Starts the workflow automatically on a recurring schedule. Use this trigger for periodic automation tasks such as daily reports, hourly data synchronization, or weekly cleanup jobs.

Configuration

Field	Required	Description
Schedule type	Yes	How the schedule is defined: Interval (every N minutes/hours/days) or Cron (a cron expression for precise scheduling).
Interval	Conditional	The repeat interval and unit (minutes, hours, or days). Required when schedule type is Interval.
Cron expression	Conditional	A standard cron expression (5 fields). Required when schedule type is Cron.
Time zone	Yes	The time zone used to interpret the schedule. Default: UTC.
Input schema	No	Static input variable values to pass to the workflow on each scheduled run.

Examples

Goal	Schedule type	Value
Every 30 minutes	Interval	30 minutes
Every day at 9:00 AM	Cron	0 9 * * *
Every Monday at midnight	Cron	0 0 * * 1
Every hour	Interval	1 hour

Notes

• If a workflow is still running when its next scheduled start time arrives, the new run is skipped or queued depending on the Concurrency setting in the workflow's publish configuration.
• The Scheduled Trigger does not fire until the flow is published.