Manual execution

Configured automations can also be run for existing object sets. This is commonly used for backfill use cases, as well as verifying that automations are working as intended before initiating a wider release.

To manually execute an automation, first create a new automation, with effects defined as desired. Then, open the automation and navigate to the Execute tab.

When an automation is manually executed, configured effects for the automation in question will be triggered immediately (optionally for a set of user-defined objects, depending on the condition).

Execution settings

The execution window exposes a number of configurable parameters:

• Specify object set: If the automation is an object set condition, an option to specify an input object set will be visible. This object set must contain objects of the same type as configured in the automation condition. Upon execution, all objects defined in this set will be considered to have triggered the automation, and will be passed into any effect that uses "New Object" parameters.

  • If the automation's condition does not involve an object set, this parameter will not be visible.
  • See limits for information on the sizes of object sets that can be triggered.

• Batch size: The batch size parameter determines the number of objects in each execution. For example, if there are 1,000 objects in the defined object set, and the batch size is set to 100, 10 individual executions will take place (each with 100 objects in the set), scheduled 1 minute apart. Objects are partitioned in a nondeterministic, random ordering.

  • If the automation's condition does not involve an object set, this parameter will not be visible.

• Scheduling strategy: The scheduling strategy determines when the job will begin execution. The job can either be executed immediately or will be scheduled at a random time during "low usage hours" (currently defined statically as 8:00 PM - 8:00 AM in the user's time zone.)