What happened to trigger action "Broadcast Trigger Event"?

(Kequi) #1

Matrix Version: 5.4.1

It still shows in my system in the list of trigger actions - but I can’t find it in the manuals anymore.

Has it been removed?
Might explain why I can’t get it to work.

Anyone know what it was replaced with - or if there is a workaround?

Thanks

Karl

(Bart Banda) #2

Can’t find that in our install of 5.4.1.0 or in the code base at all. You sure this is not a custom feature you’ve got in your system?

(Kequi) #3

Hi Bart,

Maybe it is - it’s always been there as far as I know.

Has been very, very useful in the past - allowing us to pass trigger events on to other assets.
I used to use it a lot more before the option to have a trigger “Action on other assets” existed.

Just checked and we’re still using it in a bunch of triggers actually (and it’s working fine).

I think the problem I’m having is I’m trying to use it with “Action on other assets” - and I’m now guessing if it was a custom trigger action just for us (or has been deprecated) - it’s probably not configured to run with “Action on other assets” (which didn’t exist back then).

Does anyone else remember it?

Also - it is quite useful - if we are the only install with it - I’d recommend adding it to the code base so it’s available to all.

Karl

PS: What I was trying to do was broadcast an event to the children of the current asset - and then have other triggers run to change those assets based on their attributes (which you can’t do with “Action on other assets” - IE: say “Act on children of the current asset IF attribute X equals Y”) - so I settled for just changing the status of the children and then using that event to fire the second triggers.

(Bart Banda) #4

Just got told by someone internally that it was indeed part of a custom package developed by Squiz UK. You might need to contact them for more information on how to enhance that package if you still want to use it in the latest version of Matrix.

We are looking at overhauling the trigger feature set and as part of that someone already added an idea in for being able to fire other triggers: https://squizmap.squiz.net/matrix/10638

But in saying that, you should be able to do it with Action on Other Assets and select Assets and their children?

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(Kequi) #5

Thanks Bart -

Slightly ashamed to say I’ve not got a login for Squiz Map yet!

Couldn’t use the Action on Other Assets as I only wanted the trigger to fire if the child asset had a certain attribute.

Thanks again for the help

Karl