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Hello! 

My question is regarding polling triggers in general, but taking Airtable’s New or Updated Record trigger as an example. 


I’ve set up my trigger such that records that enter a specific view are picked up by the Zap.

I’ve seen that the polling trigger can pick up about 100 records at a time.  this mean that I should send only 100 records to the view at a time, or can I send them all at once, and Zap will just pick them up in batches of 100, in intervals of 2 minutes (my account’s polling interval)?

Any advice/help is appreciated!

 

Best, 

R

Hey ​@tl1636,

I think it will support pagination so you can use a Looping in Zapier to go through them. Here is a helpful article about Looping in Zapier- https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496106701453-Loop-your-Zap-actions. Hope it helps!


Hi ​@tl1636 

Info about different trigger types in Zaps: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496244568589-How-Zap-triggers-work

 

Polling triggers

With polling triggers, Zapier periodically asks your app for data. This is called polling for new data. Your app responds by sending Zapier its latest data.

Zapier then uses a process called deduplication to check if any of that data is new or updated. The Zap will check if there's new data by comparing each piece of data’s unique ID to IDs the Zap has received before. If the Zap sees a new ID, the Zap runs. If not, the Zap waits for a set period, then asks again, repeatedly polling as long as the Zap is turned on.

The majority of triggers are polling triggers. They check (poll) the app for data at regular intervals. The interval depends on your Zapier plan.

Plan Polling interval
Free 15 minutes
Professional 2 minutes
Team 1 minute
Enterprise 1 minute

The shorter the interval, the more often the Zap will poll for new data. If you're on a Pro, Team, or Enterprise plan, you can change how often your polling triggers poll for new data. You can also manually poll for new data in the Zap editor.


@tl1636 

Info about adjusting flood protection limits in Zaps: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/32466537676685-Adjust-flood-protection-limits-in-Zaps