Enabling and Disabling Triggers

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Last updated: May 31, 2023
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Introduction

When you define and submit a new trigger, you must enable it in order for Universal Controller to begin processing it. The Controller only processes triggers that are flagged as Enabled (Enabled triggers are Active triggers).

For tracking and compliance purposes, you must manually enable and disable triggers either by using:

This process saves an audit record detailing the event. The trigger record also displays the ID of the user who enabled it.

Note

This does not apply to Manual triggers.

Enabling/Disabling a Single Trigger

Step 1

Display either the Triggers list for the trigger or the Trigger Details.

Step 2

Either:

  • Right-click the trigger in the Triggers list to display an Action menu  and then click Enable or Disable.
  • Click the Enable or Disable button in the Trigger Details.

In the Trigger Details:

  • The Status field in the Status section will change from Enabled to Disabled / Disabled to Enabled.
  • The Enabled By or Disabled By field in the Status section identifies the user that enabled / disabled the trigger.
  • The Enabled Time or Disabled Time in the Status section identifies when the trigger was enabled / disabled.

Enabling/Disabling Multiple Triggers

Step 1

Display a Triggers list or the Active Triggers list.

Step 2

Ctrl-click each trigger on the list that you want to enable/disable.

Step 3

Right-click any of the selected triggers to display an Action menu.

Step 4

Click Enable or Disable:

  • The Status field in the Status section of the Trigger Details for all selected triggers will change from Enabled to Disabled / Disabled to Enabled.
  • The Enabled By or Disabled By field in the Status section of the Trigger Details for all selected triggers identifies the user that enabled / disabled the triggers.
  • The Enabled Time or Disabled Time field in the Status section of the Trigger Details for all selected triggers identifies when the triggers were enabled / disabled.

Enabling/Disabling One or More Triggers from the Command Line

See the Enable a Trigger (ops-trigger-enable) and Disable a Trigger (ops-trigger-disable) CLI commands for instructions.