19.2 Exploring an Automation Example

Explore a Woods HR automation that gives one employee a random Saturday salary increase.

The Woods HR application uses an automation to randomly increase the salary of a lucky employee every Saturday.

• Winning Salary Increase Every Saturday
  Review the weekly salary increase rule that rewards one randomly selected lower-paid employee.
• Identifying Automation Rows to Process
  Use an automation source query to choose lower-paid employees and prepare row values for actions.
• Configuring Supporting Automation Logic
  Use initialization code to prepare shared values before automation actions run.
• Defining Automation Actions in Sequence
  Define automation actions that decide which rows to process, perform conditional updates, and notify affected users.
• Establishing an Automation's Schedule
  Configure an automation schedule with the Interval Builder or Database Scheduler syntax.
• Running an Automation on Demand
  Use the Automations list page to run one on demand.
• Viewing the Automation Log
  Use the Execution Log tab of the Automations list to review recent runs.