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Publishing a Flow with No Schedule (API Trigger Only)

To ensure a flow can only be triggered by an API call, you need to publish it without a valid schedule.

This puts the flow in a "published" and ready state, waiting for an external trigger rather than running on a timer.

The objective is to make a flow active and runnable via the API, but prevent it from ever running on its own internal schedule.

Configure an empty schedule

In the Flow Endpoint Editor:

  1. Navigate to the Schedule tab for the flow you wish to configure.

  2. Under Schedule Type, select Daily.

  3. In the Days selection that appears, do not select any days of the week. Ensure all checkboxes from Monday to Sunday are left unticked.

  4. Click Save & Publish.

Result

Your flow is now published and active, but it has no scheduled run times. It will remain dormant until it receives a trigger from the /api/Flow/runFlowEndpointNow API call.

screenshot of a flow with an empty schedule that will trigger from an API call

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