Triggers Overview

Integration triggers allow you to define when a flow should run. If your integration has multiple flows, each flow has its own trigger (and so its own webhook URL or schedule).

There are several types of triggers:

App Events

Invoke a flow when data changes in a third-party app. Some app event triggers rely on webhook requests sent from the third-party, while others poll the third-party app's API for changes.

Example: A new lead is created in Hubspot, and you want to ingest the new lead data in your app.

Universal Webhook

The Universal Webhook trigger allows you to invoke a flow by making an HTTP request to the trigger's URL.

Example: You want to invoke a customer's flow when the customer clicks a button in your app.

Schedule

Scheduled triggers allow you to create a regular schedule to dictate how often your integration should run.

Example: A customer would like their data synced from your app to Salesforce each weekday at 8:00 AM.

Management

The management trigger allows you to invoke a flow as part of a setup or management task.

Example: When a customer completes configuration of your Dropbox integration, run a flow that creates a set of directories in their Dropbox account.

Cross Flow

The cross flow trigger allows you to create flows that are designed to be invoked by other flows.

Example: One instance fetches 10,000 records to process, and splits those records into 10 sets of 1000 records, sending each chunk to a sibling flow to be processed in parallel.