Scheduled Triggers

Learn about how to schedule workflows in the automation builder.

Couchdrop allows you to schedule recurring file transfers without having to write custom scripts or create cron jobs. The built-in scheduler is available when modifying an automation as the first step by choosing the Schedule option.

Scheduling options

Scheduled triggers activate based on a configured schedule (evaluated in UTC) with the following options:

Schedule	Description	Example	Explanation
Daily	Once per day	11:00 PM	Triggers at 11:00PM every day.
Frequency (minutes)	Triggers at the configured interval, from every 5 minutes up to every 59 minutes.	15	Triggers every 15 minutes.
Hourly	Triggers every hour at a specified minute	45	Triggers at 45 minutes past the hour, every hour.
Monthly	Triggers monthly at a specified day and time	1, 12:00PM	Triggers on the first of the month at noon.
Never	Automation will not trigger on a schedule		Used to pre-configure automations for later
Weekly	Triggers once per week on a specific day and time	Friday, 12:00PM	Triggers every Friday at noon.

Secondary Schedules

If the Automation needs to run at multiple intervals, these can be set with Secondary Schedules.

Suppose you want to trigger the automation at noon every Friday but also on the first of the month. To do this, create one Automation for Weekly, Friday, 12:00PM, and then a Secondary schedule for Monthly 1, 12:00PM.

You can add as many Secondary Schedules as needed for a single automation.