Consumption Graph Issue – Unexpected Values on Weekends

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Hello,

Here is the consumption graph for my team.

Our issue: On weekends, we do not activate any scenarios, and nothing is executed.
However, when I check the scenarios individually, I see values at 0, but when looking at the global flow, this is not the case see :
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The periods 1-2 and 8-9 should be at 0—why are they not?

Thank you in advance for your insights.

Best regards,

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This is because you probably have POLLING scenarios that are still left “active” during the weekends.

Polling Triggers & Empty “Check Runs”

This is because the module is a POLLING trigger, and not an INSTANT (Webhook) trigger.

If you don’t see any bundles from the trigger module and operations on the rest of the modules, it means there are no new responses (empty output bundle) when the scenario ran to check for new items. This is called a “Check run”.

There are two main types of triggers, Polling (scheduled), and Instant (webhooks). Polling triggers can only run on a schedule. Instant triggers can be run as soon as data is received by the webhook.

  • Polling means Make checks external service for changes (pull changes to Make).
  • Webhook (instant) triggers means external service calls Make when there are new changes (push changes to Make).

The module you are using does not push changes — it’s basically an API request that Make has to occasionally “call” to fetch the latest changes/items.

According to the “Operations” page in the Make Help Centre,

Trigger modules always use one operation regardless of whether they receive any data or not.

For more information, see the Operations page in the Make Help Centre, which covers the following:

  • How modules use operations in Make
  • Checking the total operations count for a scenario
  • Checking the total operations count for the Organization or Team
  • If you are running out of operations

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

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