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# Setting up the Executor

This tutorial section demonstrates how to create and use an Executor. You'll learn key concepts and techniques that are fundamental to using Executor service.

[Executor service](/guides/executor/overview) executes the user defined job based on a trigger. A job either sends an HTTP request to certain endpoint or executes a GQL query in the Tailor Application.

In this tutorial section, you'll activate the Executor service and learn about different types of triggers.

## What you'll learn

* [Event based trigger](/tutorials/setup-executor/event-based-trigger)
* [Incoming hook trigger](/tutorials/setup-executor/incoming-webhook-trigger)
* [Schedule based trigger](/tutorials/setup-executor/schedule-based-trigger)

## Prerequisite

* Complete [Quickstart](/getting-started/quickstart)