Whether Polling by Special Triggers is an Execution or not?

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Describe the problem/error/question

I am using a n8n starter account that provides me with 2,5K executions every month which can be called when the workflow status is turned to active.

  • I have a new workflow that is set to be triggered by a row update in a specific Google Sheets file in my account through the Google Sheets Trigger Node. I set the poll duration to every minute and therefore, the workflow would check for any update of a new row in that sheet every minute. However, the rows in that sheet are not updated every minute and I would like to know that if this setting remains unchanged, would I end up losing my executions allocated for me even if there is no update to the sheet and the trigger polled it?
  • At the end of this workflow, I am adding two new rows to that sheet which is the one that is attached to the Google Sheets Trigger node. Now, I understand that this would trigger the workflow again twice, but I would like to learn that if I put an If condition node that states that if the item in one of the column of these two rows matches a certain condition, then the execution doesn’t continue. In this case as well, I would like to know if it counts this workflow trigger as an execution or not?

What is the error message (if any)?

There is no error message to display as an error was not encountered.

Please share your workflow

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Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.118.2
  • Database (default: SQLite): SQLite
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): default
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): n8ncloud
  • Operating system: macOs
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Should be an execution.

The calculation should be based on the execution you see in your execution list.

The way to cut down execution is making the polling time longer.

Maybe an hour. So maxium execution will be 24*30 = 720 times a month.

Or only working during office hours

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Thank you. I realised that the if I add two rows during the workflow, they will definitely act as triggers and n8n will record that as an execution.

The suggestion to increase the polling time is definitely something I can consider here for the short term until something better comes up. Thank you @darrell_tw

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Glad it helps. Please help to mark as solution and it will be helpful. Thanks.