I personally don't see any benefit to moving an existing Automation which is in production and works just fine to be a Pipeline. I think that the decision only comes when making a new one.
The decision factors for a a new internal one (ie Quick Base to Quick Base), in my opinion will depending on the complexity of the steps. if you can do what you want in One Automation, I would use an Automation. But if you find you need to set up a series of Automations triggering off a Previous one completing, then I would consider an Automation as it can have branching logic.
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
Your Quick Base Coach
http://QuickBaseCoach.commark.shnier@gmail.com
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