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Add an External signal activity into your workflow.

Complete the configuration of your workflow and start its execution. The External Signal activity displays as “Pending”, waiting to be triggered.

Retrieve the information below:

• The workflow’s internal name, which displays next to its label.

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• The External signal activity’s name, which displays in the workflow’s Execution options.

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To trigger the workflow, you need to execute the PostEvent JavaScript function. This function allows you to pass variables with the values of your choice and leverage them in the triggered workflow.

The PostEvent function can be executed either from another workflow, or from an API call.

• To trigger an External signal activity from a workflow, execute the PostEvent function from the Initialization script pane, which is accessible from the activity’s Execution options. For the JavaScript code activity, execute the function from the activity’s script.

  The syntax is as follows:

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  xtk.workflow.PostEvent("<workflow-internal-name>","<signal-activity-name>","",<variables <variable-name>="<value>"/>, false);

• To trigger an External signal activity from an API call, follow the steps detailed in the Campaign API documentation. Learn how to use the static PostEvent method