Schedule Trigger
Use the Schedule Trigger node to run a workflow at fixed times instead of in response to an event. It suits periodic syncs and reports, for example pulling ERP stock levels into Shopware every hour, exporting yesterday's orders each morning, or reconciling data on a weekly basis.
Choose a frequency in the Schedule picker (every few minutes, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly) or switch to a custom cron expression with five fields: minute, hour, day of month, month, weekday. Set the Timezone the schedule should follow; it defaults to UTC. The node has no inputs.
INFO
Node type: trigger.schedule · Category: Trigger
Node parameters
Configure this node with these parameters.
Schedule
Cron expression for scheduling (e.g., 0 9 * * 1-5)
- Type: Text
- Required
- Default:
0 9 * * * - Validated against pattern
^\s*([0-9*\/\-,a-zA-Z]+)\s+([0-9*\/\-,a-zA-Z]+)\s+([0-9*\/\-,a-zA-Z]+)\s+([0-9*\/\-,a-zA-Z]+)\s+([0-9*\/\-,a-zA-Z]+)\s*$
Timezone
Timezone for schedule execution
- Type: Dropdown
- Optional
- Default:
UTC
Options:
- (UTC) UTC
UTC - (UTC -11:00) Pacific/Niue
Pacific/Niue - (UTC -11:00) Pacific/Midway
Pacific/Midway - (UTC -11:00) Pacific/Pago Pago
Pacific/Pago_Pago - (UTC -10:00) Pacific/Rarotonga
Pacific/Rarotonga - (UTC -10:00) Pacific/Honolulu
Pacific/Honolulu - (UTC -10:00) Pacific/Tahiti
Pacific/Tahiti - (UTC -10:30) Pacific/Marquesas
Pacific/Marquesas - (UTC -09:00) Pacific/Gambier
Pacific/Gambier - (UTC -09:00) America/Adak
America/Adak - (UTC -08:00) America/Anchorage
America/Anchorage - (UTC -08:00) Pacific/Pitcairn
Pacific/Pitcairn - (UTC -07:00) America/Hermosillo
America/Hermosillo - (UTC -07:00) America/Phoenix
America/Phoenix - (UTC -07:00) America/Los Angeles
America/Los_Angeles - (UTC -07:00) America/Tijuana
America/Tijuana - (UTC -07:00) America/Vancouver
America/Vancouver - (UTC -07:00) America/Whitehorse
America/Whitehorse - (UTC -06:00) America/Belize
America/Belize - (UTC -06:00) America/Guatemala
America/Guatemala - (UTC -06:00) America/Managua
America/Managua - (UTC -06:00) America/Mexico City
America/Mexico_City - (UTC -06:00) America/Costa Rica
America/Costa_Rica - (UTC -06:00) America/El Salvador
America/El_Salvador - (UTC -06:00) America/Regina
America/Regina - (UTC -06:00) America/Tegucigalpa
America/Tegucigalpa - (UTC -06:00) Pacific/Galapagos
Pacific/Galapagos - (UTC -06:00) America/Edmonton
America/Edmonton - (UTC -06:00) America/Ciudad Juarez
America/Ciudad_Juarez - (UTC -06:00) America/Denver
America/Denver - (UTC -05:00) America/Rio Branco
America/Rio_Branco - (UTC -05:00) America/Chicago
America/Chicago - (UTC -05:00) America/Matamoros
America/Matamoros - (UTC -05:00) America/Winnipeg
America/Winnipeg - (UTC -05:00) America/Bogota
America/Bogota - (UTC -05:00) Pacific/Easter
Pacific/Easter - (UTC -05:00) America/Atikokan
America/Atikokan - (UTC -05:00) America/Cancun
America/Cancun - (UTC -05:00) America/Cayman
America/Cayman - (UTC -05:00) America/Jamaica
America/Jamaica - (UTC -05:00) America/Panama
America/Panama - (UTC -05:00) America/Guayaquil
America/Guayaquil - (UTC -05:00) America/Lima
America/Lima - (UTC -04:00) America/Manaus
America/Manaus - (UTC -04:00) America/St Kitts
America/St_Kitts - (UTC -04:00) America/Blanc-Sablon
America/Blanc-Sablon - (UTC -04:00) America/Montserrat
America/Montserrat - (UTC -04:00) America/Barbados
America/Barbados - (UTC -04:00) America/Port of Spain
America/Port_of_Spain - (UTC -04:00) America/Martinique
America/Martinique - (UTC -04:00) America/St Lucia
America/St_Lucia - (UTC -04:00) America/St Barthelemy
America/St_Barthelemy - (UTC -04:00) America/St Vincent
America/St_Vincent - (UTC -04:00) America/Kralendijk
America/Kralendijk - (UTC -04:00) America/Guadeloupe
America/Guadeloupe - (UTC -04:00) America/Marigot
America/Marigot - (UTC -04:00) America/Aruba
America/Aruba - (UTC -04:00) America/Lower Princes
America/Lower_Princes - (UTC -04:00) America/Tortola
America/Tortola - (UTC -04:00) America/Dominica
America/Dominica - (UTC -04:00) America/St Thomas
America/St_Thomas - (UTC -04:00) America/Grenada
America/Grenada - (UTC -04:00) America/Antigua
America/Antigua - (UTC -04:00) America/Puerto Rico
America/Puerto_Rico - (UTC -04:00) America/Santo Domingo
America/Santo_Domingo - (UTC -04:00) America/Anguilla
America/Anguilla - (UTC -04:00) America/Curacao
America/Curacao - (UTC -04:00) America/La Paz
America/La_Paz - (UTC -04:00) America/Havana
America/Havana - (UTC -04:00) America/Grand Turk
America/Grand_Turk - (UTC -04:00) America/Nassau
America/Nassau - (UTC -04:00) America/New York
America/New_York - (UTC -04:00) America/Port-au-Prince
America/Port-au-Prince - (UTC -04:00) America/Toronto
America/Toronto - (UTC -04:00) America/Guyana
America/Guyana - (UTC -04:00) America/Caracas
America/Caracas - (UTC -03:00) America/Argentina/Buenos Aires
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires - (UTC -03:00) America/Halifax
America/Halifax - (UTC -03:00) Atlantic/Bermuda
Atlantic/Bermuda - (UTC -03:00) America/Thule
America/Thule - (UTC -03:00) America/Sao Paulo
America/Sao_Paulo - (UTC -03:00) Antarctica/Palmer
Antarctica/Palmer - (UTC -03:00) America/Punta Arenas
America/Punta_Arenas - (UTC -03:00) America/Santiago
America/Santiago - (UTC -03:00) Atlantic/Stanley
Atlantic/Stanley - (UTC -03:00) America/Cayenne
America/Cayenne - (UTC -03:00) America/Asuncion
America/Asuncion - (UTC -03:00) America/Paramaribo
America/Paramaribo - (UTC -03:00) America/Montevideo
America/Montevideo - (UTC -03:30) America/St Johns
America/St_Johns - (UTC -02:00) America/Nuuk
America/Nuuk - (UTC -02:00) America/Noronha
America/Noronha - (UTC -02:00) Atlantic/South Georgia
Atlantic/South_Georgia - (UTC -02:00) America/Miquelon
America/Miquelon - (UTC -01:00) Atlantic/Azores
Atlantic/Azores - (UTC -01:00) Atlantic/Cape Verde
Atlantic/Cape_Verde - (UTC) Africa/Abidjan
Africa/Abidjan - (UTC) Africa/Bamako
Africa/Bamako - (UTC) Africa/Bissau
Africa/Bissau - (UTC) Africa/Conakry
Africa/Conakry - (UTC) Africa/Dakar
Africa/Dakar - (UTC) America/Danmarkshavn
America/Danmarkshavn - (UTC) Europe/Isle of Man
Europe/Isle_of_Man - (UTC) Europe/Dublin
Europe/Dublin - (UTC) Africa/Freetown
Africa/Freetown - (UTC) Atlantic/St Helena
Atlantic/St_Helena - (UTC) Africa/Accra
Africa/Accra - (UTC) Africa/Lome
Africa/Lome - (UTC) Europe/London
Europe/London - (UTC) Africa/Monrovia
Africa/Monrovia - (UTC) Africa/Nouakchott
Africa/Nouakchott - (UTC) Africa/Ouagadougou
Africa/Ouagadougou - (UTC) Atlantic/Reykjavik
Atlantic/Reykjavik - (UTC) Europe/Jersey
Europe/Jersey - (UTC) Europe/Guernsey
Europe/Guernsey - (UTC) Africa/Sao Tome
Africa/Sao_Tome - (UTC) Africa/Banjul
Africa/Banjul - (UTC) Antarctica/Troll
Antarctica/Troll - (UTC) Africa/Casablanca
Africa/Casablanca - (UTC) Africa/El Aaiun
Africa/El_Aaiun - (UTC) Atlantic/Canary
Atlantic/Canary - (UTC) Europe/Lisbon
Europe/Lisbon - (UTC) Atlantic/Faroe
Atlantic/Faroe - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Algiers
Africa/Algiers - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Amsterdam
Europe/Amsterdam - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Andorra
Europe/Andorra - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Belgrade
Europe/Belgrade - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Berlin
Europe/Berlin - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Bratislava
Europe/Bratislava - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Brussels
Europe/Brussels - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Budapest
Europe/Budapest - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Copenhagen
Europe/Copenhagen - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Gibraltar
Europe/Gibraltar - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Ljubljana
Europe/Ljubljana - (UTC +01:00) Arctic/Longyearbyen
Arctic/Longyearbyen - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Luxembourg
Europe/Luxembourg - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Madrid
Europe/Madrid - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Monaco
Europe/Monaco - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Oslo
Europe/Oslo - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Paris
Europe/Paris - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Podgorica
Europe/Podgorica - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Prague
Europe/Prague - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Rome
Europe/Rome - (UTC +01:00) Europe/San Marino
Europe/San_Marino - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Malta
Europe/Malta - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Sarajevo
Europe/Sarajevo - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Skopje
Europe/Skopje - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Stockholm
Europe/Stockholm - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Tirane
Europe/Tirane - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Tunis
Africa/Tunis - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Vaduz
Europe/Vaduz - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Vatican
Europe/Vatican - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Vienna
Europe/Vienna - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Warsaw
Europe/Warsaw - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Zagreb
Europe/Zagreb - (UTC +01:00) Europe/Zurich
Europe/Zurich - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Bangui
Africa/Bangui - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Malabo
Africa/Malabo - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Brazzaville
Africa/Brazzaville - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Porto-Novo
Africa/Porto-Novo - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Douala
Africa/Douala - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Kinshasa
Africa/Kinshasa - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Lagos
Africa/Lagos - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Libreville
Africa/Libreville - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Luanda
Africa/Luanda - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Ndjamena
Africa/Ndjamena - (UTC +01:00) Africa/Niamey
Africa/Niamey - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Bujumbura
Africa/Bujumbura - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Gaborone
Africa/Gaborone - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Harare
Africa/Harare - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Juba
Africa/Juba - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Khartoum
Africa/Khartoum - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Kigali
Africa/Kigali - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Blantyre
Africa/Blantyre - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Lubumbashi
Africa/Lubumbashi - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Lusaka
Africa/Lusaka - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Maputo
Africa/Maputo - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Windhoek
Africa/Windhoek - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Athens
Europe/Athens - (UTC +02:00) Asia/Beirut
Asia/Beirut - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Bucharest
Europe/Bucharest - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Cairo
Africa/Cairo - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Chisinau
Europe/Chisinau - (UTC +02:00) Asia/Hebron
Asia/Hebron - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Helsinki
Europe/Helsinki - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Kaliningrad
Europe/Kaliningrad - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Kyiv
Europe/Kyiv - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Mariehamn
Europe/Mariehamn - (UTC +02:00) Asia/Nicosia
Asia/Nicosia - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Riga
Europe/Riga - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Sofia
Europe/Sofia - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Tallinn
Europe/Tallinn - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Tripoli
Africa/Tripoli - (UTC +02:00) Europe/Vilnius
Europe/Vilnius - (UTC +02:00) Asia/Jerusalem
Asia/Jerusalem - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Johannesburg
Africa/Johannesburg - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Mbabane
Africa/Mbabane - (UTC +02:00) Africa/Maseru
Africa/Maseru - (UTC +03:00) Asia/Kuwait
Asia/Kuwait - (UTC +03:00) Asia/Bahrain
Asia/Bahrain - (UTC +03:00) Asia/Baghdad
Asia/Baghdad - (UTC +03:00) Asia/Qatar
Asia/Qatar - (UTC +03:00) Asia/Riyadh
Asia/Riyadh - (UTC +03:00) Asia/Aden
Asia/Aden - (UTC +03:00) Asia/Amman
Asia/Amman - (UTC +03:00) Asia/Damascus
Asia/Damascus - (UTC +03:00) Africa/Addis Ababa
Africa/Addis_Ababa - (UTC +03:00) Indian/Antananarivo
Indian/Antananarivo - (UTC +03:00) Africa/Asmara
Africa/Asmara - (UTC +03:00) Africa/Dar es Salaam
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam - (UTC +03:00) Africa/Djibouti
Africa/Djibouti - (UTC +03:00) Africa/Kampala
Africa/Kampala - (UTC +03:00) Indian/Mayotte
Indian/Mayotte - (UTC +03:00) Africa/Mogadishu
Africa/Mogadishu - (UTC +03:00) Indian/Comoro
Indian/Comoro - (UTC +03:00) Africa/Nairobi
Africa/Nairobi - (UTC +03:00) Europe/Minsk
Europe/Minsk - (UTC +03:00) Europe/Moscow
Europe/Moscow - (UTC +03:00) Europe/Simferopol
Europe/Simferopol - (UTC +03:00) Antarctica/Syowa
Antarctica/Syowa - (UTC +03:00) Europe/Istanbul
Europe/Istanbul - (UTC +03:30) Asia/Tehran
Asia/Tehran - (UTC +04:00) Asia/Yerevan
Asia/Yerevan - (UTC +04:00) Asia/Baku
Asia/Baku - (UTC +04:00) Asia/Tbilisi
Asia/Tbilisi - (UTC +04:00) Asia/Dubai
Asia/Dubai - (UTC +04:00) Asia/Muscat
Asia/Muscat - (UTC +04:00) Indian/Mauritius
Indian/Mauritius - (UTC +04:00) Indian/Reunion
Indian/Reunion - (UTC +04:00) Europe/Samara
Europe/Samara - (UTC +04:00) Indian/Mahe
Indian/Mahe - (UTC +04:30) Asia/Kabul
Asia/Kabul - (UTC +05:00) Indian/Kerguelen
Indian/Kerguelen - (UTC +05:00) Indian/Maldives
Indian/Maldives - (UTC +05:00) Antarctica/Mawson
Antarctica/Mawson - (UTC +05:00) Asia/Karachi
Asia/Karachi - (UTC +05:00) Asia/Dushanbe
Asia/Dushanbe - (UTC +05:00) Asia/Ashgabat
Asia/Ashgabat - (UTC +05:00) Asia/Tashkent
Asia/Tashkent - (UTC +05:00) Asia/Almaty
Asia/Almaty - (UTC +05:00) Asia/Yekaterinburg
Asia/Yekaterinburg - (UTC +05:30) Asia/Colombo
Asia/Colombo - (UTC +05:30) Asia/Kolkata
Asia/Kolkata - (UTC +05:45) Asia/Kathmandu
Asia/Kathmandu - (UTC +06:00) Asia/Dhaka
Asia/Dhaka - (UTC +06:00) Asia/Thimphu
Asia/Thimphu - (UTC +06:00) Asia/Urumqi
Asia/Urumqi - (UTC +06:00) Indian/Chagos
Indian/Chagos - (UTC +06:00) Asia/Bishkek
Asia/Bishkek - (UTC +06:00) Asia/Omsk
Asia/Omsk - (UTC +06:30) Indian/Cocos
Indian/Cocos - (UTC +06:30) Asia/Yangon
Asia/Yangon - (UTC +07:00) Indian/Christmas
Indian/Christmas - (UTC +07:00) Antarctica/Davis
Antarctica/Davis - (UTC +07:00) Asia/Hovd
Asia/Hovd - (UTC +07:00) Asia/Bangkok
Asia/Bangkok - (UTC +07:00) Asia/Ho Chi Minh
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh - (UTC +07:00) Asia/Phnom Penh
Asia/Phnom_Penh - (UTC +07:00) Asia/Vientiane
Asia/Vientiane - (UTC +07:00) Asia/Novosibirsk
Asia/Novosibirsk - (UTC +07:00) Asia/Jakarta
Asia/Jakarta - (UTC +08:00) Antarctica/Casey
Antarctica/Casey - (UTC +08:00) Australia/Perth
Australia/Perth - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Brunei
Asia/Brunei - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Makassar
Asia/Makassar - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Macau
Asia/Macau - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Shanghai
Asia/Shanghai - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Hong Kong
Asia/Hong_Kong - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Irkutsk
Asia/Irkutsk - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Kuala Lumpur
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Manila
Asia/Manila - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Singapore
Asia/Singapore - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Taipei
Asia/Taipei - (UTC +08:00) Asia/Ulaanbaatar
Asia/Ulaanbaatar - (UTC +08:45) Australia/Eucla
Australia/Eucla - (UTC +09:00) Asia/Dili
Asia/Dili - (UTC +09:00) Asia/Jayapura
Asia/Jayapura - (UTC +09:00) Asia/Tokyo
Asia/Tokyo - (UTC +09:00) Asia/Pyongyang
Asia/Pyongyang - (UTC +09:00) Asia/Seoul
Asia/Seoul - (UTC +09:00) Pacific/Palau
Pacific/Palau - (UTC +09:00) Asia/Chita
Asia/Chita - (UTC +09:30) Australia/Darwin
Australia/Darwin - (UTC +10:00) Australia/Brisbane
Australia/Brisbane - (UTC +10:00) Pacific/Guam
Pacific/Guam - (UTC +10:00) Pacific/Saipan
Pacific/Saipan - (UTC +10:00) Pacific/Chuuk
Pacific/Chuuk - (UTC +10:00) Antarctica/DumontDUrville
Antarctica/DumontDUrville - (UTC +10:00) Pacific/Port Moresby
Pacific/Port_Moresby - (UTC +10:00) Asia/Vladivostok
Asia/Vladivostok - (UTC +10:30) Australia/Adelaide
Australia/Adelaide - (UTC +11:00) Australia/Sydney
Australia/Sydney - (UTC +11:00) Pacific/Bougainville
Pacific/Bougainville - (UTC +11:00) Pacific/Kosrae
Pacific/Kosrae - (UTC +11:00) Australia/Lord Howe
Australia/Lord_Howe - (UTC +11:00) Pacific/Noumea
Pacific/Noumea - (UTC +11:00) Asia/Sakhalin
Asia/Sakhalin - (UTC +11:00) Pacific/Guadalcanal
Pacific/Guadalcanal - (UTC +11:00) Pacific/Efate
Pacific/Efate - (UTC +12:00) Pacific/Fiji
Pacific/Fiji - (UTC +12:00) Pacific/Tarawa
Pacific/Tarawa - (UTC +12:00) Pacific/Majuro
Pacific/Majuro - (UTC +12:00) Pacific/Nauru
Pacific/Nauru - (UTC +12:00) Pacific/Norfolk
Pacific/Norfolk - (UTC +12:00) Asia/Kamchatka
Asia/Kamchatka - (UTC +12:00) Pacific/Funafuti
Pacific/Funafuti - (UTC +12:00) Pacific/Wake
Pacific/Wake - (UTC +12:00) Pacific/Wallis
Pacific/Wallis - (UTC +13:00) Pacific/Apia
Pacific/Apia - (UTC +13:00) Pacific/Auckland
Pacific/Auckland - (UTC +13:00) Antarctica/McMurdo
Antarctica/McMurdo - (UTC +13:00) Pacific/Kanton
Pacific/Kanton - (UTC +13:00) Pacific/Fakaofo
Pacific/Fakaofo - (UTC +13:00) Pacific/Tongatapu
Pacific/Tongatapu - (UTC +13:45) Pacific/Chatham
Pacific/Chatham - (UTC +14:00) Pacific/Kiritimati
Pacific/Kiritimati
Input and output
Input
None.
Output
| Port | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Timestamp | string | Execution timestamp |
The output contains the timestamp of the run. Workflows started by a schedule carry no event payload, so the next node usually reads data itself, for example a Shopware API Call with Get all or an ERP read operation.
Examples
Sync ERP items into Shopware every morning on weekdays
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Schedule | 0 6 * * 1-5 |
| Timezone | (UTC +01:00) Europe/Berlin |
Connect the trigger to the read operation of your ERP node, then a Field Mapping node with the matching preset, then a Shopware API Call with Create or update.
Check stock every 15 minutes
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Schedule | */15 * * * * |
| Timezone | (UTC) UTC |
Related resources
Common issues
- Cron expression must use 5 fields: the expression has too many or too few parts. Use
minute hour day month weekday; seconds and years are not supported. - The workflow runs at the wrong hour: the schedule follows the selected Timezone, which defaults to UTC. Pick your local timezone if you expect local times.
- The schedule does not fire: only an active workflow is scheduled. Publish and activate it; a draft or inactive workflow never runs on its own.
- You need a run now: use Run in the workflow toolbar. It executes the workflow immediately without waiting for the next scheduled time.
- Each run re-processes everything: enable Sync only new and updated data on nodes that support it (for example Shopware API Call Get all) so later runs only fetch changes.
