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The run estimate before you turn an automation on
Before you turn it on or publish, Corteksa estimates the number of runs a week from the last 4 weeks of data, and how many runs go down each path.
Before you start · for owners and managersThe permission to view workflows
Before you start · for owners and managers
The permission to view workflows
- You need: The permission to view workflows
How it works
Trigger
How it’s estimated
Precise?
A new record is added, A field changes
Replaying the last 4 weeks of changes with the conditions, and the top 3 sources
Yes
A message arrives, Someone messages you for the first time
Incoming messages on the channels over 4 weeks
Approximate
On a schedule
The number of times it runs in a week
Approximate
Before or after a date
Records that match now × the 7 daily checks of a week
Approximate, and higher than the real number
A record is deleted
Deletions over 4 weeks
Approximate
A task is completed
Tasks closed over 4 weeks
An approximate upper limit
A field stays the same for a while
No rate; the number due right now is shown
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An email arrives, Another workflow starts it, Another app sends data
No estimate
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Paths: for each Choose a path step, the count for each path is worked out from earlier runs of versions that have the same condition. A new or edited condition has no number yet.
A large number shows as “50000+”. An approximate number shows with “About”.
The estimate is worked out on all the workspace’s records, and it shows counts only.
You can estimate the draft or the current version.
A real example
Namaa Academy
The situation
The director worries the automation will send thousands of messages.
What they did
- The estimate for an A message arrives automation: about 900 a week.
- She added a “Contains price” condition, and the estimate dropped to about 120.
The result
She turned the automation on knowing the volume ahead of time.
A made-up company, to show the idea. The numbers are rounded.
Good to know
The estimate window is 4 weeks.
Messages are counted up to 50,000.
The estimate is kept for 10 minutes per version.
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