If you've ever wanted to gain more insight into your automation activity, the Run history feature is for you. With Run history, you can gain insight into how your automations are running and where they might be getting stuck. ✨

 

What is it?

If your automation is not successful, Run history is a great place to start. When an automation is triggered, you will have the ability to keep track of any actions or outcomes on the activity log. This log will show you if the automation was successful or unsuccessful. If successful, the log will give you insight into when the automation ran.

 

 

Accessing Run history

There are three ways to view your Run history. You can view all automation activities on your board, all activities for a particular automation template, or all automation activities on a particular item.

 

Run history for the board

To access the activity log for the entire board, visit the the Automations Center. To open the Automations Center, navigate to the top of the board and click on the Automate button:

 

Next, click on the Board automations tab, and then the Run history button:

 

From there, you will see a list of all of the automations that have run on your board. The list will show the date and time that the automation ran and if it is in progress, has failed, or ran successfully. For more details, open the drop down menu by clicking on the downward-facing arrow to the right:

 

If you see "In progress" next to your automation, this indicates that the automation is busy actioning and could take a bit of time.

When you see "Failure" next to your automation it is indicating that the automation was not successful. A suggestion will appear, highlighted in red under the failed automation, on how to fix the issue. You can also follow our initial troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue. 

By hovering over the cog icon that appears in your Activity log, you will see the action count produced by that particular automation, to assist in understanding your billed actions.

 

Run history for a select automation

From the Board automations tab, you can find an individual automation's run history by clicking the three dot menu and clicking on Automation Activity:

 

You can also access the Run history log when editing an automation. You can reach this page by clicking on Edit Automation from the three dot menu next to the individual automation you're interested in, or just by clicking on the automation itself.

 

Run history for a single item

To access the Automation activity from an item choose the item and open the dialogue window. Click on the Activity Log button, and then finally on the Automation activity button.

 

Run history filters

Run history has a few filters for easier navigation. The filter can  be found directly above the list of activities:

 

 

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