Re: Are Pipelines replacing Automations?
Hi Paul,
Most likely what your Realm Admin heard was the feedback that with QB to QB Pipelines now being free it is the suggested and preferred tool to use for both automation and integrations going forward. As Pipelines is a new tool and can do what automations can and more it is the focus of our future enhancements and work so it is going to outstrip automations and get more development resources. As a result we do suggest those who can move their new automation workflows to Pipelines. As part of that you will be seeing future enhancements to Pipelines not only to add new channels but also to continue to make them more user friendly and accessible. I definitely suggest that as you are using Pipelines and you find gaps like you mention where you can't edit/maintain Pipelines as easily at the app level as you can Automations to give us that feedback as it helps drive the future enhancements of Pipelines. (User experience is certainly something we talk about a lot)
If a time comes when automations do reach a retirement announcement they would follow our typical framework for retiring a feature which you can learn more about right here.
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Evan Martinez
Community Marketing Manager
Quickbase
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Most likely what your Realm Admin heard was the feedback that with QB to QB Pipelines now being free it is the suggested and preferred tool to use for both automation and integrations going forward. As Pipelines is a new tool and can do what automations can and more it is the focus of our future enhancements and work so it is going to outstrip automations and get more development resources. As a result we do suggest those who can move their new automation workflows to Pipelines. As part of that you will be seeing future enhancements to Pipelines not only to add new channels but also to continue to make them more user friendly and accessible. I definitely suggest that as you are using Pipelines and you find gaps like you mention where you can't edit/maintain Pipelines as easily at the app level as you can Automations to give us that feedback as it helps drive the future enhancements of Pipelines. (User experience is certainly something we talk about a lot)
If a time comes when automations do reach a retirement announcement they would follow our typical framework for retiring a feature which you can learn more about right here.
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Evan Martinez
Community Marketing Manager
Quickbase
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