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title: "Triggering Jobs Through Events"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/NetMRI753/42108425/Triggering%20Jobs%20Through%20Events"
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NetMRI triggered jobs allow a script or template with predefined or custom variables to execute against a device when a "triggering source event" occurs. The Automation Change Manager triggered jobs> Macro (anchor)

 to execute automated tasks from the connected Infoblox NIOS appliance.

Triggering sources consist of the following:

- Policy rule violations;
- Custom and standard Issues.

You create and manage triggered jobs in the **Config** **Management** > **Job** **Management** > **Triggered** **Jobs** tab. You define triggered jobs using a Triggered Jobs Wizard. The table of jobs includes the following columns of information:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Actions** | Actions are **View/Edit** and **Delete**. Choosing View/Edit displays the Triggered Job Wizard showing the current job's Job Summary. Click the **Edit** button to make changes to the job. |
| **Name** | The defined name for the triggered job. |
| **Level** | The importance level of the job. |
| **Enabled** | Define whether the job is enabled for execution. |
| **Active** **Window** | The execution time period during which the job will run if executed. |
| **Trigger** **Type** | The event that causes the job to execute: Issue, or Policy Rule violation. |
| **Trigger** **Event** | A description of the trigger event, such as **Rogue** **DHCP** **Server** **Detected**. |
| **Device** **Groups** | Jobs can also run against **All** device groups. |
| **Action** | One of two possible actions can occur when the trigger event takes place: **Run** **Job** **Immediately**/**Auto-Run** or **Schedule** **Job**. The **Run** **Job** **Immediately** option also offers an **Auto-approval** checkbox, which is available only for the NetMRI admin user. |
| **Created** **On** and **Updated** **On** | Date and time where the job was created, and the date and time where the job was last updated. |
| **Last** **Run** | The last date and time where the job executed. |
| **Job** **Type** | The type of job, defined as Script or Template based on the selection. |
| **Created** **By** and **Updated** **By** | The NetMRI user account that created the job and that last edited the job. |