Re: Difference between Quickbase Action Vs Automation Vs Webhooks Vs Pipeline
Actions are older and Automations replaced them. At this point automations are older too and Pipelines is trying to replace them. This is just the lifecycle of the product as it has grown. The reason they left Actions in is because many apps and workflows were built on Actions and if it was removed it would have caused a lot of issues for people.
Automations are more powerful than Actions in general. Pipelines is more powerful than either one but is still being developed and in my opinion is not ready for production use. You can do a lot more with Pipelines than with Actions or even Automations.
I can't even remember the last time I created an Action at this point. I only make automations. There are some Actions we still have in place that are older and continue to function. We just do not really make any new ones. Automations are better, again in my opinion, so I prefer to use them when needed. Maybe someone else can chime in if they actually still use Actions and explain what they use them for.
The final piece here are the webhooks you mentioned and those are not the same thing as automations. Automations do use webhooks to do many actions though. Same as Pipelines and possibly Actions, but I know Automations and Pipelines use it for sure. In a Pipeline you must explicitly create your webhook and tell it what to do. Automations just use them to do their magic behind the scenes.
Automations are more powerful than Actions in general. Pipelines is more powerful than either one but is still being developed and in my opinion is not ready for production use. You can do a lot more with Pipelines than with Actions or even Automations.
I can't even remember the last time I created an Action at this point. I only make automations. There are some Actions we still have in place that are older and continue to function. We just do not really make any new ones. Automations are better, again in my opinion, so I prefer to use them when needed. Maybe someone else can chime in if they actually still use Actions and explain what they use them for.
The final piece here are the webhooks you mentioned and those are not the same thing as automations. Automations do use webhooks to do many actions though. Same as Pipelines and possibly Actions, but I know Automations and Pipelines use it for sure. In a Pipeline you must explicitly create your webhook and tell it what to do. Automations just use them to do their magic behind the scenes.
