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📅 Schedule Action Configuration

The Schedule action allows your workflow to pause execution until a specific date and time, with support for repeat intervals. This is especially useful for automating timed tasks such as:

  • Sending alerts or reminders
  • Triggering delayed tasks
  • Executing recurring jobs like daily syncs or weekly reports

🔧 Configuration Fields​

🏷 Name​

  • Required field.
  • Provide a clear, descriptive name for the scheduled task.

🔛 Active​

  • Toggle to enable or disable the schedule.
  • Allows pausing the task without removing its configuration.

🕒 Start​

  • Select the exact date and time when the schedule should begin.
  • Required to initiate the task at the correct moment.

🔁 Recurrence​

Defines how frequently the workflow should run after the initial start time:

  • Run (Once) – Trigger the workflow a single time.
  • Time – Delay execution by a specific duration after activation.
  • Daily – Repeats every day at the specified time.
  • Weekly – Repeats on selected days of the week.
  • Monthly – Repeats on selected days of the month.

🔚 End Options​

Specify when the recurrence should stop:

  • Never – Keeps repeating indefinitely.
  • After Occurrences – Ends after a specified number of repetitions.
  • On Date – Ends on a specific calendar date and time.

📝 Description​

  • Optional field to document the purpose of the scheduled task.
  • Useful for teams and future reference.

🧪 Example JSON Configuration​

{
  "type": "schedule",
  "name": "Daily Data Sync",
  "active": true,
  "start": "2025-05-19T08:00:00Z",
  "recurrence": "Daily",
  "end": {
    "type": "Never"
  },
  "description": "Runs data synchronization every morning at 8 AM."
}

✅ Best Use Cases

  • Triggering automated reports on a fixed schedule.
  • Delaying execution for follow-up processes.
  • Automating clean-up or backup operations.
  • Repeating monitoring or health check routines.