Extended Functions → Creating Triggers → Working with Triggers → Setting Up a New Trigger

Setting Up a New Trigger

To set up a new trigger:

  1. Create the trigger.
    1. Open the Global Process App.
    2. In App Explorer, select the Triggers heading.
    3. Right-click an existing trigger or an empty area in the left pane of the triggers editor.
    4. Select Add New Trigger.
    5. Type a name for the trigger in the Name field on the right side of the triggers editor.
  2. Add a reference to the Global Application in the process app for which you want to create a trigger.
    1. Open the other process app.
    2. In App Explorer, right-click the References heading.
    3. Select Add Application Reference and select the Global Process App.
  3. Enable the trigger for a specific state.
    1. In App Explorer, select the workflow containing the state for which you want to enable a trigger.
    2. In the workflow editor, select the state.
    3. In the Property Editor for the state, click the Actions tab, and then click New.
    4. In the Action Wizard that opens, select Transition, and then click Next.
    5. Click Next again.
    6. Select Trigger Received.
    7. Click specified, select the trigger you just created, and then click Next.
    8. Select the transition you want to invoke, and then click Finish.
  4. Set the trigger to fire for a specific transition.
    1. In the workflow editor, select the transition you specified above.
    2. On the Actions tab of the transition Property Editor, click New.
    3. In the Action Wizard that opens, select Trigger, and then click Next.
    4. Select Triggerable linked items, and then click Next.
    5. Select the conditions under which you want the trigger to be invoked.
      • Field Value: Click specified, and select a field to be checked. Click the other links to define the condition (is, is not) and the value.
      • Sibling Tasks or Subtask's Status: Click the links to define the condition (all are, half are, most are, none are) and the value.
      • Unconditionally: (No additional settings are required.)
    6. Click Next.
    7. Select the trigger, and then click Finish.
The trigger is available to be manually activated by users when they transition linked items as specified by the trigger.

Related Topics

Global Process App and Global Application

Setting up Automatic Triggers

Creating Triggers

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