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Trigger TypeTrigger Description
Execute TriggerUpon completion, this trigger will be automatically set and the next Unit, which has its Execute Trigger wired to this Complete Trigger, will be executed next.
Complete TriggerThis trigger gets set by the execution flow and the Unit will be called to execute.


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Units may have several Complete Triggers, which can be used to branch to individual flows. These triggers, when wired together, precisely define the execution flow of the Workflow. As a consequence to the strictly controlled execution flow, it is not possible that an Execute Trigger of a Unit gets wired to more than one trigger or port.


Events

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Events are used to trigger execution of an entire Workflow, or just a subset of a Workflow, or a Subworkflow. This is a very powerful concept, allowing Workflows to be triggered from any Workflow condition, but also – for example – from network events. The simplest example is the Trigger on Start

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Event TypeEvent Description
Trigger on StartSends a Trigger when the Workflow is started.
Trigger on StopSends a Trigger when the Workflow is stopped.
Trigger on TrueSends a Trigger when the Update Signal input is true.
Trigger TickSends a trigger based on a time interval. If the old-style method

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of regular execution

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this Unit can be used.