Monthly scheduled workflow

Need help Database
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Hi there! Hope y’all are doing well!

I’d need a bit of help with this backend workflow, as somehow I cant wrap my head around this.

So, I’d like to achieve this:

  • Monthly basis (depending on when the user signed up), the user’s certain field would be reset to

I.e: user has a monthly post limit of 25. Signed up 01.12.2022 → I want the field “Post limit” to be reset to zero on 01.01.2023 automatically.

Could someone help me with how it should look in the backend workflow, how I should set it up?
Thank you a mill in advance!

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Hi there, @petyaaa6… if I understand your post correctly, you just need a simple backend workflow that takes a user as a parameter.

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The workflow would have one action, and the action resets the user’s post limit to 0.

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Finally, when the user signs up, schedule the backend workflow like this, and you should be good to go.

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Hope this helps.

Best…
Mike

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Hi Mike,

wow, so awesome! Thanks a million! :slight_smile:
And so it will automatically set that to 0 without the need of logging in?

And noticed that in the scheduled date, it’s +(years), I assume it would be (months) in my case?

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Aw, man… totally my bad… I read the first date as January 12, 2022 because, well, you know why. :wink:

Yes, if you change +(years) to +(months), you will get the desired result.

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Thanks a mill!

And one more thing - sorry! :smiley: - , the type of backend workflow. Shouldn’t it be recurring? As it should happen every single month?

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You can add a second step to the backend workflow that schedules the workflow again for the next month, and that step would look the same as the one in my third screenshot.

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Sorry, I got a bit confused :smiley:

This is the backend workflow:

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This is the recurring event:

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I’m having a hard time understanding the recurring event part. So, the way I see it, is that it’s going to do the Backend workflow, a month from the current date? Or monthly from the current date?
Also, User → Current user or Current Workflow’s user? :smiley:

Thanks really for taking the time to explain it to me!

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You don’t need a recurring event. Add a second action to the backend workflow I showed in my initial reply, and that action schedule the same backend workflow again.

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Ah, meantime realised that you probably meant this. (Ofc not minutes but month, I just thought testing it)
This way, right?
User setting is good?

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Yup, that’s what I meant.

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Worked. Thanks a million man!

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