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Extend the scheduled date of a Scheduled API workflow

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#1

Hi, a user scheduled a workflow using “Schedule an API Workflow”.

The Scheduled date is February 1st.

However, the user now wants to extend the scheduled date 1 more month (March 1st).

I want the user to be able to do that by clicking button “X”.

How can I build that workflow so that the scheduled date is extended when the user clicks button X?

Is it not possible to change the scheduled date of a “Schedule an API workflow”?

If this is true, what should I use instead of “Schedule an API worfklow” in order to schedule a desired action to trigger on a certain date, with the possibility to modify this date in the future?

#2

As far as I know, you cant change the date of a scheduled workflow, but you can simply cancel it and schedule a new one.

To do that you’ll need to store the workflow ID of the scheduled workflow somewhere (i.e. on a field of a related datatype, or perhaps in a new datatype specifically for the purpose).

Then, when your user wants to change the scheduled date you can run a workflow to cancel the original workflow (using the workflow ID), schedule a new one, and again save the new workflow ID for future adjustments.

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#3

Thanks for your reply!

Where do I find this workflow ID in order to store it?

#4

You get it when you schedule the workflow… (as the result of the step that scheduled the workflow)…

So if step one of your workflow is ‘schedule API workflow’, step 2 can be make changes to a thing>>Workflow Id = Result of Step 1

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#5

Thanks! It worked!

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