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title: Spend transaction software normalization skill - Triggers and Inputs
description: Configure the triggers and inputs to determine how and when a skill is used. An input identifies the data that is used for a skill, such as the table and fields that are used to normalize spend transactions. A trigger initiates an action, such as when the system normalizes spend transactions.
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# Spend transaction software normalization skill - Triggers and Inputs

Configure the triggers and inputs to determine how and when a skill is used. An input identifies the data that is used for a skill, such as the table and fields that are used to normalize spend transactions. A trigger initiates an action, such as when the system normalizes spend transactions.

## Triggers for the Spend transaction software normalization skill

The following table lists the trigger for the Spend transaction software normalization skill.

|Trigger|Description|
|-------|-----------|
|Auto-triggered|The skill normalizes the raw publisher and raw product after the Spend transaction software classification skill identifies a transaction as software. When a match is found in existing publisher and product records, the skill populates the Publisher and Product fields on the spend transaction record.|

## Inputs for the Spend transaction software normalization skill

The following table lists the input for the Spend transaction software normalization skill.

|Input|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Extracted publisher and product values|Raw publisher and product produced by the Spend transaction software classification skill for transactions identified as software.|

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