Connecting systems · Lesson 3 of 5

Only what's changed: since last run

Stop re-reading every record on every run. Read only what's been added or changed since the last successful run.

The comic

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    The problem

    Murphy says: Reading every invoice, every day, gets slow, and you'd keep sending the same records again and again.
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    Murphy says: On a system source, find “Records changed” and choose “Since last run”. The first run brings everything. After that, only what was added or changed since the last successful run.
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    Murphy says: Morph remembers when each successful run started, and looks back an extra minute to be safe. If a run fails, the next one picks up from the same place.
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    Good to know

    Murphy says: A run you start by hand moves the mark too, just like the schedule. And deleted records don't show up: there's nothing left to read.

“Since last run” is offered on system sources such as Xero, QuickBooks or HubSpot. Google Drive, SFTP and CashQ sources read their files whole.

Try it in Morph

  1. Open a rule that reads from a connected system.
  2. On its source, find “Records changed”.
  3. Choose “Since last run”, then “Save”.

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Quick check

2 quick questions. No marks, no pressure: pick an answer and Murphy will tell you how you did.

1. You switch on “Since last run”. What does the very first run read?
2. A record was deleted in your system. Will a since-last-run read pick that up?

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