Managing triggers

Creating a trigger

You can create triggers:

• from Orchestrator
• from within the workflow, using trigger activities

Creating triggers in Orchestrator:

• Creating time triggers
• Creating queue triggers
• Creating event triggers
• Creating API triggers

Editing a trigger

Click the corresponding Edit button, make the intended changes, and then click Update in the Edit Trigger window.

Important:

• Editing connected event triggers opens the package requirements page for their associated process.

• To make trigger-specific updates, such as name, job priority, or runtimes, click the pencil icon.

Disabling a trigger

To disable a trigger, click the corresponding More Actions button, and then Disable. A disabled time trigger is marked by the icon in front of it. A disabled queue trigger is marked by the icon in front of it.

Alternatively, you can select it and then click the Disable icon.

You can also configure your trigger to get automatically disabled at a specific date and time in the future. You can do that as follows:

1. Click the corresponding Edit button.
2. Enable the Schedule automatic trigger disabling option.
   Important: This option does not apply to event triggers.
3. Fill in the desired date and time. The trigger time zone influences when the trigger gets disabled.
4. Click Update for the changes to take effect.
   Important: By default, a trigger gets disabled automatically after 10 failed launches if it hadn’t been successfully launched in the last day.

Enabling a trigger

To enable a trigger, click the corresponding More Actions button, and then Enable. An enabled time trigger is marked by the icon in front of it. An enabled queue trigger is marked by the in front of it.

Alternatively, you can select it and then click the Enable icon.

Removing a trigger

To remove a trigger, click the corresponding More Actions button, and then Remove.

Alternatively, you can select it and then click Remove.

Displaying jobs started by a trigger

Important:

This option does not apply to event triggers.

To display the jobs started by a specific trigger, click the More Actions button, and then View jobs. This displays the Jobs window, which comprises all the jobs executed in the past through the selected trigger (if any).