Q&A

running a workflow on a schedule (like cron)

Sep 8

i need a workflow that runs every morning at 8am to pull data from an API and update a table. basically a daily sync job is there a schedule trigger or do i have to use an external cron to hit a webhook? in n8n i was using the cron node and it worked fine but was annoying to configure timezones

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Mike Wheeler · Sep 9

theres a schedule trigger. you can set it to run at specific times (daily, hourly, weekly, custom cron expression). timezone is configurable per workflow for your use case: schedule trigger (daily 8am) > HTTP node to pull API data > loop through results > upsert rows in your table weve got about 6 scheduled workflows running daily syncs and they hit within a few seconds of the scheduled time

Alex Janssen · Sep 10

perfect. exactly what i needed. the cron expression support is great for more complex schedules. thanks