The "Timer" Node Trigger

Sets a timer that triggers periodically based on the given configuration.

Timer

• Now
• Type
• Interval
• Interval Unit
• Schedule Description
• Cron

Inputs

• Type − The type of timer to use.
  • Interval − Trigger periodically given a fixed time interval. This does not use wall-clock time for execution timing, meaning that the exact execution time may change after server restarts. Use this if you need a simple timer that executes periodically.
  • Scheduled − Trigger at scheduled times, defined by natural language. This translates into a cron expression internally. Use this if you need to execute at specific wall-clock times.
  • Scheduled (cron) − Same as Scheduled, except the schedule is defined with a cron expression, rather than natural language.
• Interval − The numeric value of the time interval for Interval.
• Interval Unit − The unit of the time interval for Interval.
• Schedule Description − The natural language description of the time schedule for Scheduled.
• Cron − The cron expression of the time schedule for Scheduled (cron).