Launching a Task Automatically Using a Simple Time Trigger

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In this tutorial, we will define a time trigger that launches our Sleep task every one minute.

1. From the navigation pane, select Triggers > Time Triggers.
2. Click New.
3. In the Trigger Name field, type Launch Sleep Every Minute.
4. in the Task(s) field, click the lock icon.
5. Click the magnifying glass to browse for the Sleep task you created above. Hint: Type D and click the Search icon to skip to tasks beginning with "D".



6. Locate the Demo Sleep task and click on the name. Demo Sleep is added to the list of tasks that will be launched by this trigger. You can select as many tasks as you want for each trigger.
7. In the Time Style field, select Time Interval.
8. In the Time Interval field, type 1.
9. In the Time Interval Units field, select Minutes.



10. Click Submit.
11. By default, triggers are disabled. To enable this trigger:
    1. From the trigger list, locate the Launch Sleep Every Minute trigger you just submitted.
    2. Right-click the name of the trigger.
    3. From the drop-down menu, select Enable Trigger. The system enables the trigger. Note that the Enabled column on the trigger list now displays a green check-mark for this trigger.
12. From the navigation pane, select Activity. Note that a new instance of Demo Sleep appears every one minute.
13. Click the most recent Sleep Task to view its details, and note that the Invoked by field contains the name of the trigger that launched this task.

Return to First Look menu.

For additional information, see:

• Triggers Overview (user documentation)
• Time Trigger (user documentation)
• Enabling and Disabling Triggers