To use a trigger, you typically link it to a selected action of a point extension (e.g. control, alarm, and history) to automate an action. Often, you use a trigger as a child of a particular point (sibling to the linked extension). Or, you can have a trigger in the same container as multiple points, and link it to more than one point or point extension.

For example, a Daily trigger (defined for midnight) can be linked to the ResetElapsedActiveTime action of a DiscreteTotalizerExt extension of a BooleanWritable point. In this case, that point’s DiscreteTotalizerExt would only show runtime accumulated during the current day.