Triggers

Manual run

Starts when someone runs the workflow by hand. You declare the fields they fill in, and each one becomes a value for the steps.

Trigger
manual

More in Triggers.

Each declared field is described by these properties.

Fields you declare

namestringRequired

Identifier of the field; it names the variable trigger_<name>.

labelstringRequired

Label shown in the dialog.

typetypeRequired

The declared shape of the value; it is validated against this type.

  • Field names cannot be repeated.
  • The trigger itself publishes the reserved names.
  • The run's payload is validated against the declared fields: all of them are required.

Reserved names: createdAt, createdBy. A name starts with a letter or an underscore and continues with letters, digits or underscores.

Configuration

fieldsobject[]Required

The fields someone fills in when starting the run. Each has a name, a label and a type.

Values for the steps

system_todaystring

Today

trigger_createdAtstring

Run date

trigger_createdBystring

Workflow owner

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