Workfront - Triggers
The Workfront connector supports the following triggers:
- New Event trigger allows you to trigger recipes in real-time.
- New Object trigger polls for new objects every configured polling interval.
- New or updated Object trigger polls for new or updated objects every configured polling interval.
New event trigger
This trigger picks up new events in Workfront in real time. Each new job represents a single event. The output of the event trigger depends on the event selected in the trigger configuration.
New event trigger
| Input field | Description |
|---|---|
| Object | The object you want this recipe to trigger on. When events happen in Workfront on your chosen object type, a job will be created. |
| Event type | Select the types of events you want to this recipe to trigger on. You can select one or more event types to listen on. |
| Custom form | The custom forms to be returned from Workfront. Leave blank to return all custom fields in all custom forms. |
Workfront object not found
The New event trigger only supports a subset of objects available in Workfront. This is a limitation imposed by Workfront. If the object you are looking for is not present, use the new or new/updated object polling triggers instead.
New Object trigger
This trigger picks up new object events in Workfront every configured polling interval. Each new object event creates a separate job.
New Object trigger
| Input field | Description |
|---|---|
| Object | The object you want this recipe to trigger on. When a new object is created in Workfront, a job will be created. |
| Custom form | The custom forms to be returned from Workfront. Leave blank to return all custom fields in all custom forms. |
| When first started, this recipe should pick up events from | Defaults to 1 hour before the recipe is first started or tested. Use this to retrospectively pull new objects from Workfront. Refer to Triggers to learn more about this input field. |
| Trigger poll interval | Defaults to every 5 minutes if no value is given or if the given poll interval is lower. Use this to alter the polling interval. |
New or updated Object trigger
This trigger picks up new or update object events in Workfront every configured polling interval. Each new or updated object event creates a separate job.
New or updated Object trigger
| Input field | Description |
|---|---|
| Object | The object you want this recipe to trigger on. When events happen in Workfront on your chosen object type, a job will be created. |
| Custom form | The custom forms to be returned from Workfront. Leave blank to return all custom fields in all custom forms. |
| When first started, this recipe should pick up events from | Defaults to 1 hour before the recipe is first started or tested. Use this to retrospectively pull new objects from Workfront. Refer to Triggers to learn more about this input field. |
| Trigger poll interval | Defaults to every 5 minutes if no value is given or if the given poll interval is lower. Use this to alter the polling interval. |
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