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Prevent flow from triggering on initial turn on?

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Posted on 12 Apr 2023 15:13:08 by 27

Hi all,

 

Each quarter I want to set up a number of flows which sends an email to colleagues on certain dates - e.g. one that sends on 17th, one on 21st, another on 24th, then the last one on 28th April. They'll all contain slightly different details which may change over the course of the month so I'm happy having four separate flows rather than one that integrates them all.

 

I've been setting them up with the trigger 'Recurrence' and entered the dates I want them sent, however, after I've set them up, when I save and first turn the flows on, they run immediately and everybody that I've specified gets an email before the date I want them to.

 

I understand the logic here - you turn your flow on and it runs, then that reoccurs based on the date and time you want, however is there a way to set it up and have your flow run only on the date that you want it to run, without that initial run when you've turned on your flow?

 

I haven't found too much online regarding this, so any help would be appreciated.

 

Hope that makes sense.

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    S-Venkadesh Profile Picture
    636 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 12 Apr 2023 at 16:54:16
    Re: Prevent flow from triggering on initial turn on?

    Hi @craig_l ,
    To test the recurrence flow, I created a scheduled flow and set the start date to 2023-04-13T00:00:00Z. After turning on the flow, it did not run immediately, which is the expected behavior.
    I anticipate that the flow will begin running on the scheduled date and time.
    Please refer to the attached image for the schedule configuration.

    SVenkadesh_0-1681318058276.png

     


    Please hit thumbs up, if it helps!

    Best Regards,
    Venkadesh Sundaramurthy

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