# Using the new batch of messages trigger
The new message batch trigger enables you to poll batches of new messages from a specific topic in Workato. The trigger picks up all messages published to that topic in a single batch, at the specified time interval. See Batch triggers for more information.
In addition to selecting the topic, you can specify both the batch size (up to 100), and the polling interval (between 5 minutes and 30 days).
Select the topic and specify polling interval and batch size to configure the batch trigger
Configure the following fields:
- Trigger poll interval
- How frequently the trigger should check for new events.
- Message topic
- Select a topic from your existing topics, update, or create a new topic.
- When first started, this recipe should pick up events from
- Fetch trigger event from a specified time. After you run or test a recipe, you cannot change this value. Learn more about this input field.
- Batch size
- How many events should the trigger return in a single batch (1 to 100). If there are more messages since the last poll, the trigger will return several batches.
Last updated: 8/28/2024, 8:43:06 PM