Tutorial - Launching a Task Automatically Using a Simple Time Trigger

In this exercise, we will define a time trigger that launches our Timer task every one minute.

Step 1

From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Triggers > Time Triggers.

Step 2

Click New.

Step 3

In the Name field, enter stonebranch-timetrigger-01.

Step 4

In the Task(s) field, click the Add-Remove Multiple icon.

Step 5

In the Collection window, locate the Timer task created in the Creating and Manually Launching a Task tutorial, stonebranch-timertask-01, move it to the Tasks List window, and click Save.
 

Step 6

In the Task(s) field, click the lock icon.

Step 7

In the Time Style field, select Time Interval.

Step 8

In the Time Interval field, enter 1.

Step 9

In the Time Interval Units field, select Minutes.
 

Step 10

Click Save.

Step 11

By default, triggers are disabled. To enable this trigger:

  1. On the Time Triggers list, right-click stonebranch-timetrigger-01 to display an Action menu.
  2. Click Enable to enable the trigger. Note that the Enabled column on the trigger list now displays a green check-mark for this trigger.

Step 12

From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Activity to display the Activity Monitor. Note that a new instance of stonebranch-timertask-01 appears every one minute.

Step 13

Click the most recent instance of stonebranch-timertask-01 to view its details, and note that the Invoked By field contains the name of the trigger that launched this task.
 

 

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