Startup Trigger

Description

Launches a task when the Automate task service starts or when a user logs onto the system.

Practical Usage

Used to start a task that should run when the system starts.

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Parameters

General

Property	Type	Description
Startup Type	Options	Specifies the type of startup to monitor. The available options are: Task service startup - The task will run when the Automate task service starts (this normally occurs during computer startup before logon screen appears). Note that only tasks that run in the background can be launched during task service startup. Tasks containing activities that perform desktop interactions (for example, Interactivity - Move mouse to object, Interactivity - Press, Interactivity - Get text, Window - Close,Window - Focus) will fail due to no desktop. Any user logon - The task will run when any user logs on. Specific user logon - The task will run when the specified users logs on. Multiple users can be entered by delimiting each entry with a semi-colon (Example: User1;User2;User3)
User	Text	The username to launch the task upon logon. Multiple users can be entered by delimiting each entry with a semi-colon (Example: User1;User2;User3)

Behavior

Property	Description
Enable trigger	If selected (default), the trigger

Additional Notes

AMTrigger

When this trigger is activated, it automatically passes the AMTrigger object to the task. AMTrigger is a standard Automate dataset and can be used much like the datasets created by the Database - SQL query activity and Email action. The fields of AMTrigger can be used within a task to determine specific values, such as whether or not the task was started by a trigger, which trigger started the task, when the trigger was activated and other properties. AMTrigger populates a unique set of field–value pairs for each Automate trigger. The following table lists the ones specific to this trigger. For more details about a specific AMTrigger field–value pair, click the associated link.

Name	Data Type	Value
AMTrigger.UserName	String	Returns the username that was set to log on in order to initiate the trigger.