[[condition-always]]
==== Always Condition

A watch <<condition, condition>> that always evaluates to `true`. When you use the `always` 
condition, the watch's actions are always executed when the watch is triggered, unless the action 
is <<actions-ack-throttle, throttled>>. 

NOTE: If you omit the condition definition from a watch, the condition defaults to `always`. 

You can use the `always` condition to configure watches that should run on a set schedule, such as:

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"At noon every Friday, send a status report email to sys.admin@example.com"
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To configure this watch, you define an input that loads the status data, set a schedule that 
triggers every Friday, set the condition to `always`, and configure an email action to send the 
status data. 

===== Using the Always Condition

There are no attributes to specify for the `always` condition. To use the `always` condition,
you simply specify the condition type  and  associate it with an empty object:

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"condition" : {
  "always" : {}
}
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