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Noob question regarding common timer viewable to all users

I purchased the Simple stopwatch/timer. Does the timer run on a user’s device, or can it be run on the server as a backend function? My app lets team captains choose a player to add to their team (aka player draft app). Each captain has 2:00 to make their pick. I want the timer to be visible to all captains on their phones, so they can all see how much time is remaining for that captain’s turn to pick. I couldn’t find any documentation for that plugin, so any advise for how to go about implementing this use case would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, @fred.illies
Thanks for reaching out.

That could be achieved by using the application database (as it is common for all users). For example:

  • User is making a change in the database (through action: make a change to the thing).
  • On this page there is a workflow that starts with “Trigger a custom event when data changes” and the next action - “Start a Simple Timer/Stopwatch”

This way, when user A makes the change in the database, correspondingly through a trigger - the timer will be started for all users that are on this page.

Also, here is the documentation for the plugin: https://docs.zeroqode.com/plugins/simple-timercountdown-and-stopwatch-plugin

Hope it helps. In case any other questions will appear, please let me know, I will be glad to help. :slightly_smiling_face:

Best,
Gulce

Thanks for the tips @Gulce Much appreciated!

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BTW, this is what I see when I click the link to the documentation. I’m in Safari on a Mac.

Hey @fred.illies,
You’re always welcome!

Could you please try this link https://docs.zeroqode.com/plugins/simple-timer-countdown-and-stopwatch-plugin?

Apologies for the inconvenience. :pray:t2: