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Overview

The {trigger} macro listens for Events, then, after filtering and confirming any prerequisite requirements, performs the actions contained in the macro body.

Where to use it?

Optional.

One or more {trigger} macros can be put in a {workflow} macro.

Must be placed after the {state} macro(s).

Parameters

Parameter

Required

Default

Notes

Ver

unnamed first parameter

(tick)

 

The event to listen to – see: Events


macro body

One or more actions to process when the trigger is activated – see: Actions


description

The description for the trigger:

  • Plain text
  • Can use any character set supported by your Confluence server – except some reserved characters
5.7+

Conditions


 

Optionally apply further conditions to filter events – see: Conditions


approval

(info)


(info) Required for all events relating to the {approval} macro.

Filter to a specific {approval} name.

Tip: If you have more than one {approval} with same name, you can also filter to a specific {state} using the state parameter.


initial


false

Only applies to statechanged event, for each page or blog post the workflow is applied to.

  • true – only listen for the first time the workflow transitions to the {state} specified by the state parameter.
  • false – listen to every time the workflow transitions to the {state} specified by the state parameter.

The primary use of this parameter is to perform one-time initialisation actions for a given piece of content. For example, on the first review of a piece of content you might want to send out additional emails, or set some metadata.

There is no content with the specified labels

3.0.1+

label


 

Only applies to labeladded and labelremoved events.

The name of the label which was added or removed.


newevent


 

If this value is set, then a custom event identified by this value will be published when the actions are executed, and will contain a flag success set to true or false depending on the outcome


parameter(info) 

(info) Required for the pageparameterupdate event

The name of the parameter to monitor.


partial


false

Only applicable to for the following events: pageapproved, pagerejected, newsapproved and newsrejected

  • true – process each individual Approve or Reject
  • false – wait until all reviewers agree on either Approve or Reject


queue


false

Should actions be queued?

  • true – Yes, queue them
  • false – No, run them immediately

If there is a chance that actions will take a long time to process, for example when remote publishing content, they should be queued so the end user doesn't have to wait for them to finish before continuing with thier work.


state

(info)

 

(info) Required for the following events: pagestatechanged, statechanged or newsstatechanged

Filter to a specific active {state} of the workflow.

Note: Only a single state can be specified, and it can't be negated.


success


true

This setting is used to listen for the outcome of a custom event (set by the newevent parameter in an separate trigger macro). This setting can be used to handle error in actions (for example, failure of remote publishing).


task

(info)

 

(info) If not specified, the trigger will listen for all tasks rather than a specific task.

Filter to a specific {task} name.

There is no content with the specified labels

3.2.5

Example

{workflow:Example trigger}
   {state:Editing|submit=Review}
   {state}
   {state:Review|approved=Published|rejected=Editing}
      {approval:Review}
   {state}
   {state:Published|final=true|updated=Editing}
   {state}
   {trigger:pageapproved|approval=Review}
      {set-message:style=success}This page has been approved!{set-message}
   {trigger}
   {trigger:pagerejected|approval=Review}
      {set-message:style=error}This page was rejected, please make requested changes.{set-message}
   {trigger}
{workflow}

All examples

See also

Workflow Authoring Guide:

User Guide: