How to execute a task(QMC) from a variable?

[francisco_marti]

Hi.

I want to execute a task after a date closing period. I record a value=1 in a txt file if the day(today) is EQUAL than the closing period date. So if this happens i would like a task to be execute in the QMC, may be reading this value=1 and then triggering the task...

I have searched and I haven't found any solutions in QMC Supporting task because I understand that this section is to execute a third party, it isn't for executing a task, am I right?

Can anybody help me, please?

[YoussefBelloum]

I don't think you can do that, with the QMC, it has only predifined Triggers..

[YoussefBelloum]

But you can still take a look at this: External Event in Trigger

maybe you can configure something with that

[francisco_marti · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your quick response.

I'll look up for a solution using EDX, it's the ideal solution but for now, we're going to make a dirty solution:

1- Make a qvw to read the value we need. If it is 1 we forced an error to the task, if it is 0 the qvw execution will complete.

2- Make a task pointing to this qvw. It will be executed and it will give us a Status. If it is Failed, the next task will be executed and if it gives Completed nothing will happen. Through this way we only execute the document once in the month and after the value is changed to 1.

3- Of course we control the value to switch again to 0.

We have tested it and it works!

As I say it is a dirty solution but it is a saving time solution as we don't know much about .NET languages.

Thanks again!