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Data pagination in Zaps

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Updated at August 20th, 2025

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How does pagination work?

Pagination is a way for apps to divide big data sets into smaller subsets, or pages. Many apps use pagination to limit the amount of data they send at once. This protects the app from being overloaded by large data requests and improves the speed of processing.

actionEdit icon Example

If you have 1 million invoices in your accounting app, a request for all invoices would take a long time and delay your ability to set up and use the Zap. Instead, your accounting app can use pagination to limit the request to a smaller subset, like the 25 most recent invoices.

How does pagination work?

Each app that uses pagination has different rules for how much data to send. Some methods include sending a certain amount of data sorted:

  • Chronologically (e.g. newest results first or oldest first).
  • Using custom parameters (e.g. using SOQL queries in Salesforce).
  • Alphabetically order (e.g. A to Z or Z to A).
  • By results within a given time period.

Data pagination settings are built into an app and are not settings that you can change. Pagination usually occurs in dropdown menus and trigger test records. Learn how to troubleshoot data pagination issues in your dropdown menu fields and trigger test records.

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