Working with Events › Trigger an Event

Trigger an Event

You can trigger an Event to run the Application, forecast, or report at a specified time.

Note: For Date-Time/Manual and monitor Events, you can also trigger your Event from within your Application in the Define perspective. In the Application Events view, right-click the Event and select Trigger from the pop-up menu.

Follow these steps:

1. List the Event you want to trigger in the Services perspective.
2. Right-click the Event you want to trigger in the Events view, and select Trigger from the pop-up menu.

   The Trigger Event dialog opens.

3. Complete the following fields as appropriate:

   Schedule criteria

   (Optional) Specifies the time and the date when the Event triggers.

   Default: Trigger the Event immediately

   Note: This field does not apply to monitor Events.

   Root jobs to run

   (Optional) Specifies the jobs that are to be submitted when the Event is triggered. You can use this field to run, or rerun, a subset of jobs within the Application. Separate the list of jobs to run with commas. For example, enter A,B,C. To select a job with all of its successors (descendants), append a plus sign (+). For example, enter D+.

   Note: This field does not apply to Forecast and Report Events.

   Add new scheduled Event/Replace next scheduled Event

   Indicates whether to add a new scheduled Event execution to the Event's usual schedule or replace the Event's next scheduled or expected execution with a new time.

   Default: Add new scheduled Event

   Notes:

   • This field does not apply to monitor Events.
   • You can override the default value for this option. From the main menu, select Window, Preferences, Desktop Client, Services Perspective, Event.

   Submit Application on hold

   (Optional) Indicates whether to submit the Application on hold when the Event is triggered.

   Default: Not on hold

   Notes:

   • This field does not apply to Forecast and Report Events.
   • You can override the default value for this option. From the main menu select Window, Preferences, Desktop Client, Services Perspective, Event.

   User Parameters to pass to Event

   (Optional) Specifies the parameter fields to pass user information to the Application that the Event triggers.

   Note: This field does not apply to Forecast and Report Events.

4. (Optional) Specify variables to pass to the monitor Event in the variables section. When the Event triggers, the server substitutes the values of these variables in the Application triggered by the Event. For example, when you trigger a File Trigger Event, you can specify a file name, and the server substitutes this file name in the APPL._filename symbolic variable wherever it occurs in the Application.

   Note: This step does not apply to Date-Time/Manual, Forecast, and Report Events.

5. Click OK.

   The server triggers the Event at the resolved time.

More information:

Event Trigger