Scheduled Trigger runs your workflow at regular time intervals.

👉 It keeps checking your app for new data
👉 If something new is found → workflow runs

👉 No real-time updates
👉 viaSocket checks again and again

Example:

• Check every 5 minutes

• If new data → run workflow

Use this when your app does NOT support webhooks

👉 No instant trigger available
👉 Data needs to be checked manually

1. You set a time interval

2. viaSocket calls your API repeatedly

3. It checks for new or updated data

4. If found → workflow starts

• New row in Google Sheet → every 5 min

• New lead in CRM → every 10 min

• New order → every 15 min

👉 Select Scheduled Trigger in Trigger Type

👉 Choose how often to check

Examples:

• Every 5 minutes

• Every 10 minutes

⚠️ Faster interval = more API usage

👉 This is the API that fetches data

👉 It should return:

• Latest records

• Or recently updated data

Smart Filtering with __executionStartTime__

viaSocket gives you a built-in variable called __executionStartTime__—this represents the exact timestamp when the scheduled trigger runs.

You can use it to fetch only new data since the last run.

Use this logic in your API request logic to filter results:

const minutesAgo = new Date(__executionStartTime__ - context?.inputData?.scheduledTime * 60 * 1000);

• __executionStartTime__ → the current run’s timestamp

• context?.inputData?.scheduledTime → user-defined interval (e.g., 10 minutes)

• minutesAgo → gives the timestamp for “X minutes ago”

👉 Used for testing

👉 Helps viaSocket understand:

• What data looks like

• What fields to pass forward

Transfer Data allows you to use existing (historical) data instead of only new events.

Normally:

👉 Trigger runs → only new data is processed

With Transfer:

👉 You can also use past data that already exists

• Lets you run workflows on old data

• Enables bulk processing

• Useful for data migration or syncing

• You want to process existing records

• You need bulk operations

• You are migrating or syncing data

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