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Automations

Before you change or delete a curve, a timeseries or a report, you want to know what depends on it: which emails go out when it updates, which smart curves it builds, and which queues it feeds. The Automations item insight lists every automation that refers to the selected item, and answers questions like:

  • What happens automatically when this curve is updated?
  • Is anything still sending this item to a queue or webhook?
  • Which automation builds this smart curve?

At Northgate Energy, Priya Shah opens it on the TTF mid curve NGE.GAS.TTF:MID to check what will be affected before she changes how the curve is built.

The Automations insight for the curve NGE.GAS.TTF, listing five related automations

Opening the report​

Automations (report id #AUTOMATIONS, category *Item Insights*) is an item insight: it does not appear in the Reports menu. Select an item, such as a curve, timeseries, master data record or report, then open Automations from that item's insights menu. The report reads the selected item's id when it opens.

ControlWhat it does
Export (CSV)Downloads the table as automations.csv

The report​

The Related automations card shows how many automations were found. The table has one row per automation:

ColumnWhat it shows
TargetThe automation target, such as email, queue, webhook or odsl.curve (a smart curve build)
AutomationThe automation's name, usually a sentence describing what it does, such as "When 'NGE.GAS.TTF:MID' is updated, email market-data@northgate-energy.com"

Which automations are listed​

An automation is listed when the selected item appears in any of these places:

Where the item appearsMeaning
The automation's item (id) or its data item (did)The automation watches this item: it runs when the item changes
properties.curve or properties.timeseriesThe automation builds from this item, for example a smart curve that uses it as an input
properties.queueThe automation sends to this queue
properties.reportThe automation uses this report

For a dataset, the dataset id is checked as well as the item id.

note

The report lists automations you can read. If you expected an automation that does not appear, it may belong to another data environment or you may not have access to it.