Trigger shape

Introduction

All process flows are created with a trigger shape already in place, so you can define when and how frequently the process flow will run via trigger settings:

The trigger shape settings panel is split into two sections, with general trigger settings in the top pane (see 1 below) followed by available trigger types (see 2 below):

General trigger settings

In the general trigger settings section, the customise URLs for virtual environment option can be used if you're creating webhook or callback URLs for use with process flows that run in a virtual environment.

If you don't use virtual environments, you can ignore this option.

Trigger types

The following trigger types are available:

• Schedule

• Webhook

• Event listener

• Callback

Do I have to use a trigger shape?

When a new process flow is created, a trigger shape is added - by default, it's configured with an hourly schedule.

Trigger shapes can't be moved or deleted, but you can change/remove the default settings as needed. If it's not appropriate to initialise a flow from the trigger shape - for example, if you're receiving data via a Patchworks API request - you can remove the default schedule, so no triggers are defined.