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Manually trigger an existing automation

Martin Cleaver

I've an automation. It normally runs by noticing field changes.

But additionally I want to be able to trigger it manually.

How do I do that?

I'd expect either a checkbox "Let this run manually" or an action that explicitly invoked another named action.

Thanks,

Martin

Accepted answers

andreas_qezsu8

Hi Martin,

For now the only way to do this is to copy the rule and change its trigger to our 'Manual trigger': https://docs.automationforjira.com/getting-started/triggers.html#manual

We don't currently support rules with multiple triggers.

Cheers,
Andreas

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andreas_qezsu8

Hi Martin,

For now the only way to do this is to copy the rule and change its trigger to our 'Manual trigger': https://docs.automationforjira.com/getting-started/triggers.html#manual

We don't currently support rules with multiple triggers.

Cheers,
Andreas

Tim Martin_df90mb

You could use JIRA custom events within the Automation rule. Eg:

Rule 1: Trigger on field change and fire custom_event

Rule 2: Trigger on manual and fire custom_event

Rule 3: Trigger on custom_event and run actual logic.

While it might be slightly easier to maintain the combined logic, I would still do what @andreas suggested. Performance is way better with a single rule without events.

Martin Cleaver

Exactly where is the fire custom event option? I suspect this will solve another of my questions where I need to trigger the creation of a customer in a different project. Thanks