Hello!
I want to change the text field of a thing that has a date automatically, 5 days before the thing date.
For example:
The thing date is May 20, 2017 and the text field for status is “waiting”. I want that by May 15, 2017 the system automatically changes the status to “upcoming”.
Any ideas?
Hey @charliefountain, you can schedule an API workflow for the Thing’s date + [-days] (you can use negatives).The API workflow would make the change to the status field. Have you worked with API workflows much?
Yes i made some test on the seconds level and it was working fine. The problem was on the API Workflow “only when” property.
Do you know a way i can put a visual timer on those API Workflow timers? @romanmg
Not sure what you mean by visual timers… Like trigger an API workflow under certain date/time conditions? Maybe share a link so I can see everything in context?
So lets say i create a thing and schedule a workflow for that specific thing. Is it possible to configure a countdown for that thing so i can see the progress?
Oh I see. I think most people use the “do every x seconds” to create a timer of sorts. Search the forum for that specific thing. If it’s not necessary to see such a “real-time” counter, you can save the workflow date in addition to the Thing’s date that you’re already saving and display the difference.
Workflow date - Thing’s date :format as [days/hours/minutes]
A page refresh will get you an updated difference.
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