About Automate Events

Automate is delivered with several events, which are actions that contain validation rules and/or business rules. They are associated with an event type when registered to an interface. 

Use the following table as a reference when registering events in Automate:

Page

Event

Description

Interface Server: Parameters

CommandExec

Runs a Windows Batch job.

Wait

Pauses the run of the Interface Job.

Interface Server: File Operations

Execute

Copies the files from the source folder to the target folder, but does not create a separate Job in the Job Queue to run.

FileIterator

Copies files from a source folder to a target folder, then deletes the files from the source folder.

OnValidate

This field is not used in Automate

Process

This field is not used in Automate

Submit

Same thing as Execute, but creates a separate Job in the Job Queue.

Interface Server: Interfaces

Execute

Executes the Interface, but does not create a separate Job in the Job Queue to run.

OnValidate

This field is not used in Automate

ProcessBackground

Executes the Interface, but creates a separate Job in the Job Queue to run it.

Reset

Updates the Interface Server Record nulling out the Run information. This event is helpful if the Interface is in a non-successful status (failed, running but does not stop).

Submit

Executes the Interface, but creates a separate Job in the Job Queue to run the Interface Server Job.