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Automation

Automation​

Automation helps the user to perform an action when a trigger condition gets fulfilled.

The Automation feature can be used to schedule the execution of a particular program. With the help of this feature, the user can repeatedly run a program and generate the output at fixed points in time without any manual intervention.

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Currently, there is only one trigger type, i.e: At a Scheduled time and only one action type, i.e: Execute a Program We will update this article when new triggers and actions are available in the future.

Create​

To create a new automation, follow these steps

  1. Navigate to Lab > Automations
  2. Click on Create automation

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User can rename created automation, New Automation is default

  1. Click on New Automation text to edit the name of the automation (optional)
  2. Click on no tag to add tags to the automation (optional)
  3. Click on Add a trigger to add the trigger type

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  1. Select At a Scheduled time from the dropdown

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  1. Add cron expression in the input box
  2. Click on Add an action

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  1. select Execute A Program from the dropdown

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  1. Select the program to be executed

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  1. Switch on the automation once you have configured the trigger and action both

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The platform will not allow the user to switch the automation on if both the trigger and the actions are not entirely configured. Meaning, that the trigger type and action type along with their details should be valid.