# MQTT Engine publish interval

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-engine-publish-interval/88617>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [April 10, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-engine-publish-interval/88617 "2024-04-10T04:03:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Karl\_Eckermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@Karl\_Eckermann](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Karl_Eckermann)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-engine-publish-interval/88617/1 "2024-04-10T04:03:49Z")

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Hi,

New to Ignition. Any help is appreciated.

I have been trying find a way the publish tags on a set interval. I currently have it working when a tag is modified it will publish to the MQTT engine.

Is there a way to publish all tag in the folder after a set time interval?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-engine-publish-interval/88617/2 "2024-04-10T12:09:17Z")

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The whole point of MQTT is to avoid excess data usage by publishing only changes to data, not publishing on a schedule. Perhaps you should be using some other protocol.