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Triggering a business event on demand

  • January 13, 2026
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Hi all, any thoughts on if you could trigger a business event on demand?

The event currently is set up to trigger by schedule. The source screen of the event is a generic inquiry. The subscriber of the event is import scenario. We are creating AP Bills through the import scenario on a schedule. Currently the business event is working, but we would like to explore the option to trigger this event on demand instead of on a schedule. 

I know two other options are to trigger by action and trigger by record change. To trigger by action, this would involve creating an action button on the generic inquiry. Any ideas how to make this happen? I tried by enabling mass actions on the GI but it did not work. 

To trigger by record change, I thought of using a check box field, where if the check box is selected, then run the business event. However, I would need an option to mass select the check box for all records, because when the event is triggered, it can’t be looking at just one record. There could be multiple bills that need to be created. 

 

Please let me know if I need to provide more information, open to any suggestions! 

Thanks!

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nickcerri32
Varsity II
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  • Varsity II
  • January 13, 2026

@jzhu I think you’re on the right track - do a checkbox through a customization project rather than a UDF since the UDFs aren’t recognized in the Mass Update fields.  Then I’d create a business event solely for on-demand processing (so you can maintain the existing, schedule-based business event) based on the checkbox field that was customized. That’s probably the least invasive approach, unless you just wanted to customize the whole process.