Check the next run of a document workflow timer
See when a Backendless timer is due as part of your recurring document operations review.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get Backendless Timer
Retrieve details about a timer.
Why this helps
A scheduled server-side task can be easy to forget until someone notices its expected work did not happen.
- Retrieve a timer's schedule and next run details.
- Review a scheduled process without opening another tool.
- Make timer status part of a regular operations check.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Affinda and Backendless once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Describe which timer to inspect and how to report its schedule.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real timer and verify its details.
Questions about this workflow
Does this start or change the timer?
No. It retrieves information about the specified timer.
Can it confirm the timer completed its work?
The listed action retrieves schedule and next run details, not execution results.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Affinda to Backendless. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Affinda triggers
Backendless actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Copy File
Copy a file or directory in file storage.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Directory
Create a directory in file storage.
Create Backendless Hive
Create a Hive.
Create Backendless Timer
Create a timer for scheduled server-side tasks.
Delete Directory
Delete a directory from file storage.
Delete File
Permanently delete a file from storage; this cannot be undone.
Delete Backendless Timer
Immediately and permanently delete a timer, stopping scheduled runs; this cannot be undone.
Directory Listing
List files and directories in storage.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Affinda and Backendless, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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