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 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 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 server to monitor for the following types of events:
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File – initiates a new task whenever a file is created, modified, or deleted.
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Folder – initiates a new task whenever a folder is created or deleted.
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Email – initiates a new task whenever an email is received.
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Database – initiates a new task whenever database records are inserted, updated, or deleted.