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Triggers

The Triggers tab controls how your flow starts.

There are two options available:

  • Manual Run
  • Scheduler

Manual Run​

Use Manual Run when you want the flow to run only when you start it yourself from the dashboard.

This is useful for:

  • one-off updates
  • testing a flow on demand
  • export jobs you do not want to run automatically

Scheduler​

Use Scheduler when you want Flow to run automatically.

The available schedule types are:

  • Hourly
  • Daily
  • Weekly
  • Monthly

All scheduler times use the timezone set on the flow.

Each schedule type controls when the flow should run:

  • Hourly: run every hour on the selected days
  • Daily: run once every day at a set time
  • Weekly: run on selected days of the week at a set time
  • Monthly: run once a month on a set day and time

Depending on the schedule you select, additional fields appear.

Hourly​

When you choose Hourly, Flow shows:

  • Days to run
  • Offset minutes

Use Days to run to choose which days the hourly schedule is active.

Use Offset minutes to choose how many minutes past the hour the flow should run.

Example:

  • If you select Monday and Tuesday with Offset minutes set to 30, the flow runs every hour at :30 on Mondays and Tuesdays in the timezone set on the flow.

Daily​

When you choose Daily, Flow shows:

  • Hour of day
  • Offset minutes

Use Hour of day to choose the base hour.

Use Offset minutes to add minutes to that hour.

Example:

  • If you set Hour of day to 09:00 and Offset minutes to 30, the flow runs every day at 09:30 in the timezone set on the flow.

Weekly​

When you choose Weekly, Flow shows:

  • Days to run
  • Hour of day
  • Offset minutes

Use Days to run to choose which weekdays the flow should run on.

Use Hour of day and Offset minutes together to set the final run time.

Example:

  • If you select Monday and Tuesday, set Hour of day to 09:00, and set Offset minutes to 30, the flow runs every week on Monday and Tuesday at 09:30 in the timezone set on the flow.

Monthly​

When you choose Monthly, Flow shows:

  • Day of the month to run
  • Hour of day
  • Offset minutes

Use Day of the month to run to choose the calendar day.

Use Hour of day and Offset minutes together to set the final run time.

Example:

  • If you set Day of the month to run to 1, Hour of day to 09:00, and Offset minutes to 30, the flow runs on the 1st of each month at 09:30 in the timezone set on the flow.

Working Hours​

Use Working Hours when a scheduled flow should only run during allowed time windows.

Working hours are an optional extra check for Scheduler triggers. If Use working hours is not enabled, Flow only uses the schedule settings above.

If Use working hours is enabled, Flow checks the schedule first, then checks whether that scheduled run is inside the working hours for that day.

  • If the scheduled run is inside working hours, the flow can run.
  • If the scheduled run is outside working hours, that run is skipped.
  • If the day is disabled in working hours, scheduled runs on that day are skipped.

Skipped runs are not moved to the next working-hours window. Flow waits until the next scheduled run time, then checks working hours again.

Examples:

  • Hourly: if the flow is scheduled hourly with Offset minutes set to 15, but Monday working hours are 09:00-17:00, the flow can run at 09:15, 10:15, and so on. The 08:15 and 17:15 runs are skipped.
  • Daily: if the flow is scheduled every day at 09:00, but Sunday is disabled in working hours, the Sunday run is skipped.
  • Weekly: if the flow is scheduled for Wednesday at 05:00, but Wednesday working hours start at 09:00, that Wednesday run is skipped.

All working-hours checks use the timezone set on the flow.

You can enable or disable each weekday and add one or more time windows per day.

If the schedule conflicts with the configured working hours, Flow shows a Schedule vs working hours warning so you can review the setup before activating the flow.

Next Run Time​

When you are using a schedule, use Refresh beside the next run time to calculate when the flow is due to run next.

This is a useful final check before activation, especially if you have changed the timezone, schedule, days, or offset minutes.