The disclosure relates to a method for triggered acquisition of a measured data set by a magnetic resonance system, to a corresponding computer program, to a corresponding data memory and to the corresponding magnetic resonance system. In the method, a cyclical signal is detected, which describes a cyclical change in a target object to be imaged. Cycles are automatically identified in this cyclical signal. Furthermore, at least one property of the cyclical signal is automatically determined. It is then automatically determined whether triggering of a single measurement for acquisition of some of the measured data set is permitted in an identified cycle of the cyclical signal. This determination is made as a function of the at least one determined property of the cyclical signal and a specified reference value of an acquisition parameter.
