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Not everything happens on a schedule; Triggers are AutoMate's responsive solution for automation. Watch for system or network events, launch a task.
Launches a task at the date, time or interval specified. This trigger can be used for scheduling tasks to run at night or at the end of every work-day, week, month or other time frame. Additionally, this trigger includes an intuitive rescheduling feature to determine how to reschedule itself if it’s late (e.g. the computer was turned off or the AutoMate Task Service was not running).
This trigger can be used to make AutoMate react to system or application generated errors that are sent to the Windows Event Log. For example, this trigger can automatically launch a task that emails the system administrator if Windows generates a log entry stating that the DNS server could not be contacted.
Triggers task execution when one or more files are added, modified or deleted in the folder specified. Can also trigger execution when a number of files exceed the threshold specified, when one file size exceeds the amount specified or when the total size of the monitored folder exceeds the amount specified.
Triggers a task when no keyboard or mouse input occurs for the specified period of time (i.e. the system is idle). Occasionally, tasks are better run when the machine is not in use. The Idle trigger can be configured for such a scenario.
Triggers task execution when a hot-key combination is pressed or a specific word is typed on the keyboard. Additionally, the event can be configured to occur only when a specific application is active and/or has focus. Useful for creating hot-key "shortcuts" for repetitive multi-step processes.
Triggers the task when a system or process threshold (such as CPU utilization and memory usage) is met. The Performance trigger is ideal for monitoring servers; for example, if available memory is too low, a task can automatically restart the entire system or specific processes.
Launches a task when the specified process starts, ends or stops responding. This trigger is frequently used to monitor external applications for unexpected crashes—if a certain process unexpectedly stops, a task can automatically be launched to respond accordingly. This trigger can also be used to start a task when an external application starts.
Similar to the Process Trigger, the Service Trigger launches a task when the specified service starts, stops, pauses, resumes or stops responding.
Launches a task when a SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) trap is received. A trap is a message sent by an agent to a management system indicating that an event has occurred on the host running the agent. This trigger accepts filters which can be specified to monitor for specific traps.
Launches a task when the AutoMate task service starts or when a user logs onto the system.
Launches a task when the specified window opens, closes, is focused or loses focus. Window inspection affords a deep level of granularity, e.g. you can specify particular Window content. Useful to monitor the system for application windows and/or error dialogs.
Starts a task when the result of a WQL (WMI Query Language) query evaluates to true. Queries built using WQL are used to manage and control the WMI service. Typically used to monitor for common issues that occur on systems and network devices and launch a task to intelligently respond.
All of our products include a management console for administration of all automation assets (tasks, users, servers, etc). This includes logging, user administration, failover configuration, projected execution schedules, and more.
The Task Administrator in AutoMate provies a central management hub, historical execution logs, and a task execution calendar.
BPA Server’s Management Console extends capabilities by providing a real-time dashboard, object repository, pending tasks and workflows scheduled to run, and more.