Trigger a flow on Specific Months of Year

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Posted on 10 Nov 2021 03:37:50 by UluruRob

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I want to trigger a flow only 3 times a year on specific date and month. e.g. 1st Jan, 1st May, 1st Sep. I am not sure how to do this.

I assume using a Recurrence Trigger is the method with Interval = 1 and Frequency = Month, but then I don't know how to write the formula in the Settings>Trigger Conditions, or if this is the best method to achieve what I want?

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Pstork1 67,245 Most Valuable Professional on 10 Nov 2021 at 14:34:38

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Re: Trigger a flow on Specific Months of Year

No, The interval setting will only start the flow after 4 months. If you were doing Minutes and set the interval to 15 you would expect it to run every 15 minutes. So setting it to 4 will run it every 4 months. What I'm not sure of is whether 4 months is counted by the date of the month or just every 30 days.
UluruRob 108 on 10 Nov 2021 at 08:23:55

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Re: Trigger a flow on Specific Months of Year

Thanks for the quick response, but wouldn't this suggestion be trying to trigger 4 times every month? I only want it to trigger on the 1st of those three specific months suggested not every 4 months.
Pstork1 67,245 Most Valuable Professional on 10 Nov 2021 at 03:54:23

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Re: Trigger a flow on Specific Months of Year

I'm not sure if this will give you exactly what you want, but I would try a recurrence trigger set for Jan.1 with an Interval of 4 and Frequency of Month. What I'm not sure about is whether it will continue to fire on the 1st of the month or whether the interval will just be 4 X 30 days. But it would be worth testing.