Start
Description
The Start
action is a special action, as it is the starting point for all workflow executions.
Every workflow needs to have one and only one start action. |
The start action has additional options to repeat a workflow. This works in both the local and remote workflow engine, but is mainly available for historical reasons and shouldn’t be considered as an alternative to cron , Apache Airflow or any other type of scheduling. |
When you activate the repeat option the workflow will continue to run and restart based on the interval you specify. This can be on a fixed day with a specific timestamp. Or every x seconds/minutes
While this does not replace a scheduler it can be used for basic scheduling. Please note that using this will keep the workflow in a running state meaning the Java process will continue to exist and use resources on the system.