# Can campaigns be triggered ONLY by segments, forms and other campaigns? Or are there other "direct" triggers?

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**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/can-campaigns-be-triggered-only-by-segments-forms-and-other-campaigns-or-are-there-other-direct-triggers/26183 "2022-11-23T23:41:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![xmontero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/xmontero/32/7499_2.png) [@xmontero](https://forum.mautic.org/u/xmontero)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/can-campaigns-be-triggered-only-by-segments-forms-and-other-campaigns-or-are-there-other-direct-triggers/26183/1 "2022-11-23T23:41:15Z")

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Appart from “manually” from the dashboard, I feel that any campaign can ONLY be triggered by:

- A form that has been created as “campaign form”.
- A user entering into a segment.
- An action inside another campaign doing a “change campaigns”.

# Questions

1. Is this assumption correct?
2. Shouldn’t we be able to “initially trigger” a campaign by “any” event? (for example: downloading an asset, visting a page, opening an email, etc.) without the need that this “condition” is set inside “another” campaign? In the limit be able to set a webhook and that “anything that happens” with X lead could really “start” a campaign.
3. In the case this assumption is correct, do you guys set a “parallel segment” to “each campaign” only for the triggering? Ie: campaign-a triggered by segment-a, campaign-b by segment-b, … campaign-z triggered by the user entering segment-z?? Is this approach “the correct one”?

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**Author:** ![robm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/robm/32/260_2.png) [@robm](https://forum.mautic.org/u/robm)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/can-campaigns-be-triggered-only-by-segments-forms-and-other-campaigns-or-are-there-other-direct-triggers/26183/2 "2022-11-24T06:43:14Z")

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Answers

1. yes

2. In essence you can do that, but just with the extra step of them needing to be in a segment 1st. If you wanted to have a trigger event affect all your contacts then create a segment with a filter that adds all your contacts to that segment, then you have all the trigger options available to you.

3. yes and no. I will have multiple campaigns apply to a single segment. For example I have a segment for current customers. On that segment I run campaigns for up sells, happy birthday and referral requests. Segments are a very nice way to keep contacts organised.