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# 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:

<table><thead><tr><th width="217.6328125">Schedule</th><th>Description</th><th width="110.03125">Example</th><th>Explanation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Daily</td><td>Once per day</td><td>11:00 PM</td><td>Triggers at 11:00PM every day. </td></tr><tr><td>Frequency (minutes)</td><td>Triggers at the configured interval, from every 5 minutes up to every 59 minutes.</td><td>15</td><td>Triggers every 15 minutes. </td></tr><tr><td>Hourly</td><td>Triggers every hour at a specified minute</td><td>45</td><td>Triggers at 45 minutes past the hour, every hour.</td></tr><tr><td>Monthly</td><td>Triggers monthly at a specified day and time</td><td>1, 12:00PM</td><td>Triggers on the first of the month at noon.</td></tr><tr><td>Never</td><td>Automation will not trigger on a schedule</td><td></td><td>Used to pre-configure automations for later</td></tr><tr><td>Weekly</td><td>Triggers once per week on a specific day and time</td><td>Friday, 12:00PM</td><td>Triggers every Friday at noon.</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Secondary Schedules

If the Automation needs to run at multiple intervals, these can be set with Secondary Schedules.&#x20;

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.&#x20;

You can add as many Secondary Schedules as needed for a single automation.&#x20;


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