What is a Trigger?

A trigger is a mechanism that creates tasks. You can set up time-based or event-based triggers, as follows:

Time-based triggers

A time-based trigger is an instruction to the Nintex RPA server to initiate tasks in the queue according to a schedule you specify. The scheduling of time-based triggers is extremely flexible and can be in time frames as small as minutes or as large as years.

Event-based triggers

An event-based trigger is an instruction to the Nintex RPA server to monitor events on your company's network and initiate tasks in the queue whenever a specified event occurs.

Types of event-based triggers

Event-based triggers constantly check events in the background and invoke task automation when a relevant action occurs. You can create triggers instructing the Nintex RPA server to monitor for the following types of events:

• File – initiates a new task whenever a file is created, modified, or deleted

• Folder – initiates a new task whenever a folder is created or deleted

• Email – initiates a new task whenever an email is received

• Database – initiates a new task whenever database records are inserted, updated, or deleted