It appears you can only trigger an action from a user interaction, like the click of a button - but you can’t trigger actions as a result of some data changing, or from an API call outside the app. Example: A form on a company website is filled in which adds a record to a table → send push notific…

Closing this feature request now that we have launched Glide Workflows with the Schedule and Webhook triggers in Public Beta Email trigger is coming soon as well. Stay tuned! Community Forum announcement: 🆕 Glide Workflows + Schedule trigger (beta) Screenshot [Glide Workflows.PNG]

Automations / triggering actions without user interaction

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gvalero August 17, 2023, 6:03pm 2

Hola!

I know your frustration … no problem

Here my 2 cents to help in something
https://community.glideapps.com/t/automatic-toggle-trigger

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