What is MySQL?

How to connect your MySQL account to Zoho Flow

1. Select the required trigger or action. If you select a trigger, click Next.
2. If there are no existing MySQL connections in your account, click Connect. Otherwise, click New.
   
   
   
   Alternatively, you can create a new connection by navigating to Settings, then Connections. Click Create connection and choose MySQL.
3. Enter a connection name.
4. Check the App is installed on-premises box if you're using the on-prem version of MySQL. Leave it unchecked for the cloud version or if your account is hosted publicly.
   Note: For a cloud database, you need to allow-list Zoho Flow's IP addresses in your inbound rule.
5. For an on-prem setup, choose an on-prem agent from the dropdown to create a Zoho Flow connection with your local machine. If you don't already have an agent installed, click New.
6. Configure the following fields to create the connection:
   Host: The URL of your hosted server
   Port: The port number that your server is running on, typically 3306.
   Username: Your MySQL username
   Password: Your MySQL password
   Database: The name of the MySQL database that you want to access
   Enable SSL?: The option to use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for encrypted communication between the MySQL client and server
7. Once configured, click Authorize.
   

Triggers and actions available in Zoho Flow

Triggers

1. Trigger column: Select a unique column with incremental values — ideally timestamp columns such as created_at, updated_at, published_at, etc.  By default, the result is sorted in ascending order, and the limit is 100.
   
2. Where condition: Use a Where condition to filter the rows. Zoho Flow will retrieve only rows added after the last execution of the flow, so you receive only the latest updates that satisfy the Where condition.
   

Actions

1. Unique key: A primary key or a column with a unique constraint to deduplicate rows. An indexed column will give better results.
2. Unique key - Value: The value of the unique key.
3. Additional key: Apart from the unique key, you can also add another column as an additional key for deduplication.
4. Additional key - Value: The value of the additional key.