Triggering a remote action manually
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Triggering a remote action manually
Overview
To manually trigger the execution of a remote action on a device from the Finder, the following conditions must be met:
- The profile of the user must either:
- Allow editing of remote actions.
- Include the remote action in one of its roles.
- The remote action must:
- Allow manual triggering.
- The device must be:
- A Windows device.
- Part of the set of devices on which the remote action allows manual triggering.
To quickly identify the remote actions that allow manual triggering, the Finder adds a small hand on top of their characteristic rocket icon in the list of Remote actions in the accordion.
To trigger a remote action from an external product, use the API of remote actions.
From a list view
To manually trigger the execution of a remote action from the list of results of an investigation on devices or the list view of a device category:
- Select a device or a set of devices from the list.
- Drag the mouse cursor or use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select multiple devices.
- By default, remote actions can be manually triggered on a single device only. Explicitly enable a remote action to be triggered on multiple devices when creating the remote action.
- Right-click your selection.
- Choose Remote actions from the menu. A list with the available remote actions shows up.
- Click the name of the desired remote action.
- If you selected multiple devices, a warning message shows up asking for confirmation. Click Yes to proceed.
From the device view
In the device view of the Finder, manually trigger remote actions from:
- The device icon on the top-left corner of the device view.
- The links to remote actions in the score tabs.
Manually triggering a remote action from the device icon in the top-left corner of the device view is very similar to triggering a remote action from a list view:
- Right-click the device icon.
- Choose Remote actions from the menu. A list with the available remote actions shows up.
- Click the name of the desired remote action.
To manually trigger a remote action from a score tab in the device view, the score tab must include proper documentation with links to remote actions:
- Click the score tab to select it.
- Look for an appropriate link to a remote action (a link preceded by a rocket icon) in the documentation of the score.
- If needed, click a subscore that provides its own documentation. Only documented subscores are clickable.
- Click the link to the remote action.
From the Start page
When searching in the Start page in the Finder, a list of devices may show up on the right-hand side of the window as a result of the search. You can directly trigger a remote action on any of the devices that appear in the list of results:
- Right-click the name of device.
- Choose Remote actions from the menu. A list with the available remote actions shows up.
- Click the name of the desired remote action.