Choose the Data Range for a Recurring Query
Make the data range explicit in your scheduled query, whether you need history, live records, or both.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Database Selection
Tool to select the database (archive, realtime, combined) to query at the top level of a graphql request. use after determining whether you need live, historical, or combined blockchain data.
Why this helps
A query can answer the wrong question if its database does not match the time range you need.
- Select archive, realtime, or combined data
- Match the database to the question
- Keep recurring query scope explicit
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ably and Bitquery once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name and prompt.
- 3In one instruction, describe the query and whether you need historical, live, or both data ranges.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real query and confirm the chosen data range.
Questions about this workflow
Which database should I describe?
Use archive for full historical data, realtime for recent activity, or combined when you need historical and up-to-the-second data together.
Does this action run a query by itself?
Database selection chooses the database at the top level of a GraphQL request. Describe the actual query and data need in the instruction as well.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Bitquery. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ably triggers
Bitquery actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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