Desktop event trigger

Desktop event trigger

Desktop event trigger

Desktop event triggers allow users to start or trigger flows in response to specific events that occur on their desktop. 

Notes
Supported Agent Platforms : Windows

1. Hotkey pressed

When a user presses a hotkey, the flow can be started or triggered.

How to configure:

  1. In the My Flows section of Zoho RPA, click + Create, then click Create flow.
  2. Enter the flow name and optionally a description.
  3. Click Create.
  4. Click Configure in the Desktop event trigger box.

  5. In the Choose your desktop event window, select Hotkey and click Next.
  6. Select the key modifiers (Ctrl, Alt, Shift, or Win) and then select a key from the list.
  7. Your generated hotkey combination will appear in the Generated hotkey box.
  8. You can use the Block hotkey from triggering the app actions checkbox to stop this hotkey combination from making any changes to the app. This option will only trigger the flow and may disable application shortcuts.
Notes
Note: Using the same hotkey for triggering the flow and an application action may cause unexpected behaviour and is not recommended.

2. Windows process

Allows users to configure a flow to be triggered when a Windows process is started or stopped.

How to configure:

  1. In the My Flows section of Zoho RPA, click + Create, then click Create flow.
  2. Enter the flow name and an optional description.
  3. Click Create.
  4. Click Configure in the Desktop event trigger box.

  5. In the Choose your desktop event window, select Windows process and click Next.
  6. In the Process name field, enter the name of the Windows process that you want to monitor.
  7. In the Trigger on field, select Started or Stopped to indicate when you want the flow to be triggered.
  8. Click Done.

3. File or folder event

Allows users to configure a flow to be started based on file or folder event. For example, you can trigger a flow when a new file is added to a folder. 

How to configure:

  1. In the My Flows section of Zoho RPA, click + Create, then click Create flow.
  2. Enter the flow name and an optional description.
  3. Click Create.
  4. Click Configure in the Desktop event trigger box

  5. In the Choose your desktop event window, select File or folder event and click Next.
  6. In the Folder path field, enter the folder that you want to monitor.
  7. If you want to monitor subfolders within the given path, check the Include subfolders box.
  8. In the Trigger flow when field, select the event that you want to monitor: File or Folder, or Select All.
  9. In the File event field, select the event that you want to monitor: Created, Modified, Renamed, or Deleted.
  10. In the Folder event field, select the event that you want to monitor: Created, Modified, Renamed, or Deleted.
  11. In the Trigger option field, select Specific file/folder or All files/folders.
  12. In the Specific files or folders field, enter the name of the file or folder that you want to monitor. You can use wildcards to match multiple files or folders. For example, you could enter  abc*.xls  to match all files starting with  abc and having the  .xls   extension.
  13. Click Done.