Cron Node Configuration (Every Hour)

Questions
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Hi! I just wanna be enlightened by the right way to configure my Cron Trigger. What does it necessarily mean with the minute underneath (The minute of the day to trigger) when I set my Cron to trigger every hour? image

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As it runs every hour you can configure there at what minute every hour. So if you have it set to “0” it would run at:

  • 0:00
  • 1:00
    …
  • 23:00

If it gets set to “23” then it would run at

  • 0:23
  • 1:23
    …
  • 23:23

Hope that helps.

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Crystal Clear! Thanks @jan

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4

Great to hear! You are welcome. Have fun!

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5

@jan Is there a way to configure the following?

Every hour between 9AM and 3PM daily during M-F?

I’m trying to figure out how best to not run actions outside of those conditions.

Do I need to write a custom function or something as a conditional gate?

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I believe this should work for you: https://crontab.guru/

If yes,

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7

Well that seems easier than I thought :slight_smile:

I will try it out!

Thanks!

8

I didn’t even notice the “Custom Option”! LOL

Definite learning curve here :slight_smile:

9

Yeah, I learn on this forum a lot, for that and kind people I love this them.

BTW. you in custom mode can use 6 variables (not 5 like I shared) in that case first will correspond to seconds :slight_smile:

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Just fyi: The n8n cron node works with both 5 and 6 variables.

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Cron & function nodes are game changers. :100:

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