Triggering by Date and Time
Overview
Universal Controller provides for the triggering of tasks at the present time or another specific date and time.
Trigger by Date/Time
Step 1 | From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Triggers > <trigger type>. The Triggers list for that trigger type displays. |
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Step 2 | Right-click the trigger whose tasks you want to launch to display an Action menu. |
Step 3 | Click Trigger Now.... The Trigger Now... pop-up dialog displays. |
Step 4 | The Trigger Time Zone field displays, by default, the time zone of the trigger, but you can change it to any time zone in the drop-down list for this particular execution of the trigger to run in. |
Step 5 | If you want to put the task instances in held status when the tasks specified in the trigger are started, select Hold on Start. |
Step 6 | Select Override Trigger Date/Times to display fields in the Trigger Now... pop-up dialog that allow you to select a Date, Time, and Time Zone for this execution of the trigger. |
Step 7 | If the Trigger Time Zone field displays in the pop-up, the Time Zone field, by default, is read-only and displays the time zone in the Trigger Time Zone field, since the Use Trigger Time Zone field is checked. |
Step 8 | You also can select Override Trigger Variables if you want to launch the tasks specified in the trigger while supplying values for variables used by the tasks (see Triggering with Variables). |
Step 9 | Click Submit to launch the tasks named in the trigger. The variable information in the list is used where referenced in the tasks. After launching the tasks, the Controller deletes the contents of the list. |