Chapter 3. Triggers

Table of Contents

Overview
Trigger
Basic Information Page
Job Schedule Page
Trigger Active Period
Trigger Calendar
Misfire Configuration
Security

Overview

A Trigger is a mechanism for deciding when to invoke a job. Most commonly, triggers are time-based - for example invoke the job every Tuesday at 6am. All triggers have a name, an enabled/disabled flag and some specialized fields for identifying when to run.

All triggers have a Start and Stop time and can only fire between those times. It is possible to set the Stop to be Never, so that the trigger is always operational.