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TylerParker
Qrew Assistant Captain
7 years ago

Automation to add records to one table from a table whose records are created via API_AddRecord is being limited

I have a calendar add-on that uses API_AddRecord to add multiple records (employee shifts and their work assignment details) to one table all at once, in this test case I used today it was 287 records...
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MattSaforrian
Quickbase Staff
7 years ago
Hi Tyler,

Automations don't care how a record is added. Is it possible that your add on is creating records too quickly and so hits our webhook rate limit? If possible, I would recommend that you create multiple records using API_ImportFromCSV.

Best,

-Matt
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TylerParker
Qrew Assistant Captain
7 years ago
Thanks Matt, that's what I was getting at. I'm reading on the Automation Limits page but maybe I should be looking into the Webhook limits? I didn't know that Automations relied on webhook limits underneath. The add-on does indeed only take about 2-3 seconds to run. Would extending the time accommodate webhook limits? If so, how many seconds do you think I would need to tell the code to wait before finishing if I was to create roughly records 350 with one click?