I set a scenario to run every 15 min last night and it’s still running however after the 11th operation it returns no data, ie: doesn’t actually post to instagram, but every operations says SUCCESS. Is there a data limit on the free account? I don’t see any errors or alerts.
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 operations after the trigger module, 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 a API request that Make has to occasionally “call” to fetch the latest changes/items.
To find out more on the different types of Trigger modules, see refer to Types of Modules and Webhooks sections of the Make Help Centre.
If you want your scenario to only run when there is new data (and not on a schedule or timed interval), see if your app has an “Instant” or “Webhook” trigger in Make. If not, check if the third-party service has a feature that can send out a webhook when content is created/updated - and then you can point it to a “Custom Webhook” trigger in your scenario.
If you want to re-run your scenario on older data,
Polling Triggers: Epoch Panel & Selecting Older Data
Go to the Epoch Panel, by right-clicking on the trigger module (polling triggers only), and select “Choose where to start” from the list of options in the context menu.
If you select “From now on”, the next time the scenario runs it will only return new data (or nothing if there is no new data).
You can also select other old data to re-run your scenario with next using the “Choose manually” option. This will then show you a list of previous historical items you can select to process the next time the scenario is triggered.
For more information, see
Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.
— @samliew
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Are you saying that when you schedule a scenario to run, it will only pull new items? That can’t be true because I set it to run every 15 minutes, and it did about 10 successful operations of old posts, and then stopped working. When I look at the history, it looks like there were clumps of successful operations with data being transferred and then clusters of operations where no data (posts) came through.
My intention is to automatically populate my social media account with my existing etsy listings, in no particular order, without duplicates. It sounds like that’s not possible? I would have to set it up to only post once a day as new items get posted?
Screenshot attached.
It’s very hard to explain this over a forum. But the main issues are that sometimes it runs and stops and I dont know why it’s not pulling any data through. And that it is pulling through the same listings more than once.
To allow others to assist you with your scenario, please provide the following:
1. Relevant Screenshots
Please share screenshots of your scenario, any error messages, relevant module fields, and filters in question? It would really help other community members to see what you’re looking at.
You can upload images here using the Upload icon in the text editor:
2. Scenario Blueprint
Please export the scenario blueprint file to allow others to view the mapped variables in the module fields. At the bottom of the scenario editor, you can click on the three dots to find the Export Blueprint menu item.
3. Output Bundles of Modules
Please provide the output bundles of the modules by running the scenario (or get from the scenario History tab), then click the white speech bubble on the top-right of each module and select “Download input/output bundles”.
A. Upload as Text File
Save each bundle contents in your text editor as a bundle.txt file, and upload it here into this discussion thread.
B. Insert as Formatted Code Block
If you are unable to upload files on this forum, alternatively you can paste the formatted bundles.
These are the two ways to format text so that it won’t be modified by the forum:
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Method 1: Type code block manually
Add three backticks
```before and after the content/bundle, like this:```
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Method 2. Highlight and click the format button in the editor
Providing the input/output bundles will allow others to replicate what is going on in the scenario even if they do not use the external service.
Following these steps will allow others to assist you here. Thanks!
I will do all that, thanks. I have so many problems right now I need to just focus on the first one. I don’t need to be a Make expert, I just need this one thing to work.
I realized I could just manually post my existing 20 etsy items, and then set it up to just create a post whenever there is a new post, and that will be fine. However, the RSS feed only shows me 10 of my 20 items, which are the same 10 items that keep repeating in the scenario. When I look at the raw RSS feed link, I only see 10 items. For my husband’s feed, I ALSO only see 10 items although his scenario seems to be pulling in dozens of other listings so it’s working as it’s supposed to. So I can’t even populate my instagram manually because I can’t select the other 10 listings because they are not appearing as an option.