Add a trigger module to a basic scenario

Last update: January 9, 2025

Trigger modules are placed at the beginning of a scenario. These modules begin a scenario execution when there has been a change in a given service. The change can be a creation of new records, deletion of a records, update of a records, and so on. You specify the criteria for the changes that begin the sceneario.

Polling modules check the service at a set time interval and return information about changes that occurred during that time interval. If there have been no changes, the trigger does not execute the scenario.

In this example, you will add a trigger module that runs every 15 minutes and starts a scenario if any requests have been submitted to a specific queue. The scenario then converts those requests to a project.

This example modifies the scenario created in Create a basic scenario.

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.

You must have the following access to use the functionality in this article:

Adobe Workfront packageAny
Adobe Workfront license

New: Standard

Or

Current: Work or higher

Adobe Workfront Fusion license**

Current: No Workfront Fusion license requirement.

Or

Legacy: Any

Product

New:

  • Select or Prime Workfront plan: Your organization must purchase Adobe Workfront Fusion.
  • Ultimate Workfront plan: Workfront Fusion is included.

Or

Current: Your organization must purchase Adobe Workfront Fusion.

For more detail about the information in this table, see Access requirements in documentation.

For information on Adobe Workfront Fusion licenses, see Adobe Workfront Fusion licenses.

Prerequisites

You must create the scenario described in Create a basic scenario before following this procedure.

Add and configure the trigger module

Add the trigger module

  1. Open the scenario in the scenario editor.

  2. Right click on the first (Search) module and select Delete module.

    The module is deleted, leaving a blank placeholder.

  3. Click the blank module, and select Adobe Workfront from the list of apps.

  4. Select Watch Record.

  5. Make sure that the module uses the same connection as the rest of the modules in the scenario.

  6. In the Record Type field, select Issue.

  7. In the Filter field, select New Records Only.

  8. In the Outputs box, select ID, Name, and Project ID.

  9. Click OK to save the module settings.

    A Choose where to start window appears.

  10. Select From now on.

Schedule the trigger module

  1. Click the clock on the Watch Records module.

    The Schedule setting window opens.

  2. In the Run scenario field, select At regular intervals.

  3. Click OK.

Update the second module

Because the first module has been replaced, the second module must be mapped to the new first module.

  1. Open the Convert object module.
  2. In the Issue ID field, delete the black ID block. The block is black because the module it was mapped from is no longer available.
  3. Select the ID block under the first module (Watch Records) to map it to the second module.
  4. Click OK.