# Monthly

**Category:** Trigger

**Version:** 1.0

**Last updated:** Januari 5, 2026

**Author:** Any2Info

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### Description

The **Monthly trigger** starts a dataflow automatically based on a monthly schedule.

### Configuration Options

<table><thead><tr><th width="187">Setting</th><th width="145">Required</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Start</strong></td><td>Yes</td><td>The date and time when the trigger becomes active and the first execution occurs.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Months</strong></td><td>Yes</td><td>One or more months in which the dataflow should run (e.g. January, March, August).</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Days</strong></td><td>No</td><td>Specific calendar days of the month on which the dataflow should run (e.g. 1, 15, 31).</td></tr><tr><td><strong>On</strong></td><td>No</td><td>Alternative to <strong>Days</strong>. Allows scheduling based on a pattern such as <strong>First / Second / Third / Fourth / Last</strong> combined with a weekday (e.g. <em>Third Wednesday</em>).</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Repeat every</strong></td><td>No</td><td>Enables repeated execution within the selected day(s). The interval supports <strong>Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, and Weeks</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>For duration of</strong></td><td>No</td><td>Defines how long the repeated executions should continue. Can be set to <strong>Indefinitely</strong> or a specific duration in <strong>Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, or Weeks</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Random delay</strong></td><td>No</td><td>Adds a random delay before execution. The delay value supports <strong>Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, and Weeks</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>

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### Usage

Use the **Monthly trigger** when a dataflow needs to run on specific months, specific days of the month, or based on a recurring weekday pattern (such as *the third Wednesday of the month*).

Typical use cases include:

* Monthly reporting
* Periodic billing or invoicing

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### Tips & Best Practices

* Use either days or on, not both, to avoid ambiguous schedules.
* Limit repeat every usage unless multiple executions on the same day are required.

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### Changelog

| Version | Date             | Change                               |
| ------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| **1.0** | Januari  5, 2026 | Initial documentation version added. |