Help Needed: Automating Content Posting Based on Google Sheets Dates

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Hey everyone,

I’m working on a content scheduling system where I have the dates stored in a Google Sheet. Based on those dates, I need to automatically post content on platforms like YouTube or Facebook using Make.com (formerly Integromat). The challenge I’m facing is finding a way to delay the action until the specific date from the sheet, without using daily or minute-based triggers.

I don’t want to use the schedule or trigger modules that check every minute or day, as this would result in unnecessary operations, especially when the date is set for far in the future (e.g., next month). Checking daily for such long periods leads to excessive operations, which I’m trying to avoid.

Is there a better approach to handle this? Any suggestions for more efficient solutions?

Thanks in advance!

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Welcome @Yedukondalu_Geedimal;

Well, if all your content is in a Google Sheet, and it has timestamps, you could run an hourly scenario scenario searching for postable entries between X and Y times. Then filter for having results to proceed. Else when none, you stop. Your scenario then only has 1-2 ops an hour.

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Also, I find Google Sheets terrible for managing data in the long run. So given you’re sticking with it, user error handlers for when Google Sheets inevitably fails a simple search request.