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title: Workflow XML Reference - Triggering Events and Valid Actions
slug: rm/workflow-xml-reference-triggering-events-and-valid-actions
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createdAt: 2026-06-09T13:38:48.832Z
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The following lists the types of actions that an event can trigger:

# Triggering Event: Transition

| **Valid Actions**                | **Description and Required Child Elements**                                                   |
| -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| EmailNotificationAction          | Sends an email message to an existing user group, or one or more individual email addresses   |
| PropertyChangeAction             | Changes the property value of a standard artifact                                             |
| WebhookAction                    | Sends information to an internal or external URL                                              |
| GenerateAction (child artifacts) | Creates artifacts of a specified type that are hierarchical children in the project structure |
| GenerateAction (test cases)      | Generates test cases from a Process artifact                                                  |
| GenerateAction (user stories)    | Generates user stories for all tasks from a Process artifact                                  |

# Triggering Event: PropertyChange

| **Valid Actions**                | **Description and Required Child Elements**                                                   |
| -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| EmailNotificationAction          | Sends an email message to an existing user group, or one or more individual email addresses   |
| PropertyChangeAction             | Changes the property value of a standard artifact                                             |
| GenerateAction (child artifacts) | Creates artifacts of a specified type that are hierarchical children in the project structure |
| GenerateAction (test cases)      | Generates test cases from a Process artifact                                                  |
| GenerateAction (user stories)    | Generates user stories for all tasks from a Process artifact                                  |

# Triggering Event: NewArtifact

| **Valid Actions**       | **Description and Required Child Elements**                                                 |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| EmailNotificationAction | Sends an email message to an existing user group, or one or more individual email addresses |
| PropertyChangeAction    | Changes the property value of a standard artifact                                           |
| WebhookAction           | Sends artifact information to an internal or external URL                                   |