Schedule Workflows

This tutorial shows you how to use Cloud Scheduler to automatically execute Workflows so that a workflow runs on a particular schedule, in this case every 5 minutes.

Objectives

1. Create and deploy a workflow that can receive runtime arguments.
2. Create a Cloud Scheduler job that triggers your workflow and executes it every 5 minutes, passing in JSON arguments in the correct format.

Costs

In this document, you use the following billable components of Google Cloud:

• App Engine
• Cloud Scheduler
• Workflows

To generate a cost estimate based on your projected usage, use the pricing calculator.

Before you begin