How to Set Up Automation Start Schedule for API Triggers

Last update: 1/26/2022 · 3 min read

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Start Schedule is a feature in Albato that lets you choose how often you receive data.

You can only use this feature for API automations configured to perform real-time transmission or regular data migration.

To set up a schedule, click the gear icon on a card in the Automations section.

When the Automation builder page opens, click on the clock icon.

Real-time

This is the Schedule tab interface for scenarios with real-time execution:

Regularly

Between specific hours

On specific weekdays

On specific days of the month

Custom schedule

In the customizable option, you can also use the Advanced Settings to specify days of the week...

... or month to start the automation.

A common task is to schedule an automation once a day, for example, to download advertising expenses. In this case, the settings should look like this:

We schedule the automation to start once in an hour (60 minutes) and specify the time range from 00:00 to 01:00. The rest of the time, the automation will be stopped.

Regular data migration

The scheduling of automations configured to perform regular data migration looks like this:

Between specific hours

On specific weekdays

On specific days of the month

A example of task is to schedule transfer data for a past period, like 5 days, to download advertising expenses. In this case, the settings should look like this:

We schedule the automation to run in a specific time range, from 00:00 to 01:00. The rest of the time, the automation will be stopped.