How to fix Google Sheets that is showing no data works a couple of times and then shows no data

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

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.

When there are no changes between the last scheduled and the current run, there is no output. This is called a “check run”, which still uses one operation.

To find out more on the different types of Trigger modules, see refer to Types of Modules and Webhooks sections of the Make help center.

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