Triggers

Triggers push events into the pipeline and initiate a data flows. For example, a poll trigger may fire every minute and initiate the Pipeline to then read an Instance. Pipelines can have one or more triggers. Each trigger can be independently enabled or disabled for troubleshooting pipelines.

Common Configuration

Name

The name of the trigger. This name is used in replay and tracking, and must be unique in the pipeline.

Enabled

When disabled the trigger does nothing, and produces no events. When enabled the trigger may produce events based on its configuration.

Trigger Events

Trigger events have a value and metadata. The value and metadata is different based on the trigger type.

See the following links for more information on the available trigger types.

• Flow
• Polled
• Event