Trigger a flow

When you create a flow definition that is not triggered automatically by an event, it needs to be triggered explicitly before it can run. You can trigger it manually from the Flow Editor by specifying Run Now. However, the flow runs only once, and the definition is not stored in the Process Manager system where it can be run again. If you want to be able to run a flow more than once, but to trigger it manually as required, you submit the flow definition, specifying that it will be triggered manually. The flow definition is submitted to Process Manager, where it awaits a manual trigger.When you trigger a flow, you can pass parameters to the flow using user variable and value pairs. The values are available to any job in the flow, for the life of the flow. For example, you can use this to specify the path to the data files to be processed.

Trigger a flow

From the Flow Manager

Procedure

  1. In the Flow Manager, select By Definition.
  2. In the tree view of the Flow Manager, expand the tree until you see the flow definition you want to trigger.
  3. Right-click on the flow definition, and select Trigger. A flow is created and run.

From the command line

Procedure

  1. On the command line, type the following:

    jtrigger flow_definition_name

    where flow_definition_name is the name of the flow definition you want to trigger.

  2. Press Enter.

Trigger a flow, passing it values for variables

From the Flow Manager

Procedure

  1. In the tree view of the Flow Manager, expand the tree until you see the flow definition you want to trigger.
  2. Right-click on the flow definition, and select Trigger, then select With Variables. The Pass Variables to Flow dialog box appears.
  3. Specify the parameters to pass in the following format:

    variable=value;variable=value...

  4. Click OK. A flow is created and run.