Introduction to Trigger Mode
A trigger is a switch for the workflow. You can set conditions to ensure that only valid records can trigger the workflow. There are currently nine types of workflows:
1. Trigger by Worksheet
When a record is created, modified or deleted in a worksheet, a workflow can be triggered.
Example: if a new record is added to the Reimbursement worksheet, a workflow will be triggered to notify the leader for approval.
2. Trigger by Scheduled
You can set a recurring cycle, and whenever the time comes, the workflow will be triggered.
Example: you can set a workflow to send a reminder to your colleagues at 6pm every working day: [Time to leave work, don’t forget the daily summary].
3. Trigger by Date Field
Select a date field in the worksheet, and the workflow will be triggered whenever the date comes.
Example: select the employee’s birth dates (date field) in Employee Information worksheet, whenever it is a birth date, the workflow will be triggered to send a blessing message to the employee.
4. Trigger by Personnel
When someone joins or leaves the organization, the workflow will be triggered.
Example: if you manage members information in your organization in the Employee Management worksheet, when a member leaves, the workflow will be triggered and the member is marked as [Left] in the worksheet.
5. Trigger by External User
The workflow is triggered when an external user signs up, logs in, or deletes.
6. Triggered by Webhook
The worksheet supports passive data reception. When there are data changes in other systems, the changed data can be pushed to the platform server. After the server receives the push message, the workflow can be triggered and then the planned operation can be executed automatically, thus realizing the data interfacing with other systems.
7. Packaged Business Process (PBP)
With the [Call PBP] node, the packaged business process can be triggered by other workflows or by a button on a custom page.
8. Subflow
A subflow cannot be created directly, but is created through a [Subflow] node when setting a workflow.
A subflow cannot be triggered directly, but is triggered after being passed data through other actions.
9. Trigger by Custom Action
Such a workflow cannot be created directly; instead, a custom action needs to be created in the worksheet first and a workflow bound to the button is automatically created.
Click the button to trigger the workflow.
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