There is no info if I use up operations when a workflow runs “dry”, I mean if there is no new data to extract.
Reason for this question is that I am on the free plan and do not want to use up all my operations with dry runs.
Searched everywhere in the documentation and here in the forum. No info on this anywhere.
Yes it will use up at one operations and produce an empty bundle if no new data is produced. To mitigate this you can use webhooks Not sure what you are using but that is one way around this.
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With polling triggers, it always takes a single operation everytime the scenario runs, whether there is new data or not.
This is because the trigger 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.
This means some server processing is required on Make’s end, hence the operation cost.
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.
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 webhooks when content is created/updated - and then you can point it to a “Custom Webhook” trigger in your scenario.
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