Steps per Automations
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Automations consist of steps. Each step represents an action performed on data, such as sending data to Google Sheets or sending an SMS message.
Each automation has a trigger (event) and at least one action.
Every automation setup starts with specifying the following steps:
- What data do you want to get from one app?
- When do you want to get it?
- What action do you want to perform in another app?
Trigger
Trigger is an event that starts an automation. Triggers can be linked to a specific event that proceeds in real-time in the selected app.
Example: form submission, deal status updating, invoice payment.
Triggers also can be scheduled to start automations at a certain frequency.
Example: downloading expenses from an Ad account once a week or receiving stock balances every 5 minutes.
Action
Action is what Albato performs when your trigger occurs. Each completed action is considered as one Albato transaction.
Summing up
The user submits a form – trigger.
Data from the form is transferred to Google Sheets – action.
Google Sheets creates a new row – transaction.
On all paid Albato plans (except Free), you can add an unlimited number of steps to an active automation. Tools and code blocks are also considered steps. Each executed step is counted as a transaction.
In this article, we explain how transactions are counted in Albato.
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