Execute workflow trigger not being recognized as trigger node

Questions
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Hello,

For some reason the Execute Workflow Trigger is not being recognized as a trigger and the workflow can´t be turned to active.

Please advise.

Workflow could not be activated:

Workflow “XXX” (ID: XXXXXX) has no node to start the workflow - at least one trigger, poller or webhook node is required

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Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.51
  • Database (default: SQLite): default
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): npm
  • Operating system: ubuntu 22.04
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Hi @pedrorach

Welcome to the community!

You don’t have to activate it for the execute workflow trigger to work. :slight_smile:

You only need to activate it if it has its own trigger like schedule or webhook.

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Hi @BramKn ,

You’re right, thank you! I had the “Wait for Sub-Workflow Completion” turned off.

However, since we need to wait for the sub-workflow to complete to send the response back to the main workflow, this isn’t the solution I was looking for.

Do you know of a workaround to run sub-workflows in parallel and send data back to the main workflow without using external databases?

Tks,
Pedro

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Hi,

Not sure what you are after exactly.
A workflow waits for the subflow or it doesn’t you cannot have both.