Periodically refresh IMPORTXML() spreadsheet function

Question

I have a large sheet with around 30 importxml functions that obtain data from a website that updates usually twice a day.

I would like to run the

Answer 1

To answer your question for an easy "trigger" to force the function to reload:

add an additional not used parameter to the url you are loading, while referencing a cell for the value of that parameter. Once you alter the content of that cell, the function reloads.

example:

importxml("http://www.example.com/?noop=" & $A$1,"...")

unfortunately you cannot put a date calculating function into the referenced cell, that throws an error that this is not allowed.