# How to make a cron with node inject

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**Created:** [16 August 2022 11:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-cron-with-node-inject/66487 "2022-08-16T11:28:10Z")\
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Why do you have a wire connected to Cron plus ? what is the purpose of that ?  
Cron node should be **at the start** of your flow line (to trigger the next node based on its set schedules)

> [@mykerinos1](#):
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> i'd prefered to add a cron to send data at specific minutes like 00,10,20,30,40,50

**Cron-plus** ➡ **Nodes to get data for chart** ➡ **Chart node**

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