Right now, users have a hard time understanding how to run cron workflows on demand. They have to click into the first step of a cron workflow (which is weird and not intuitive) and enter “{}” as an Input and then create a new Work Order. This is already not great UX… how cool if they could just click a “play” button from the canvas view and be presented with maybe 3 options: (1) Run workflow with no Input, (2) Run workflow with a custom input, or (3) Run workflow starting with the final state of the last run (so that if they have a cursor set up in the workflow, this will be included in the initial state).
Some users are getting really confused currently on how to run and test cron workflows on-demand. See video for the workaround I’m suggesting to them in the meantime: Workflow Rerun Recommendations** **Summary:** In this video, I provide guidance on rerunning workflows efficiently. By avoiding creating new work orders and instead opting to rerun specific steps, we can retain crucial data like the last sync time. I recommend utilizing the rerun feature to streamline testing processes and ensure accurate results. No action is requested from the viewers. **** - Chapters: | Loom
In v1-to-v2 migration calls this week, 3 different users told me they really miss the “play” button from v1 which provided a one-click option to run the workflow on demand from where it last left off
Nice! Adding in the mockups we’ve got so far.
@roina , @ayodele , @stu , for tomorrow’s conversation on manual runs here’s a distillation of some things I’d really like to be able to do:
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i’d like to be able to run a workflow from the canvas, regardless of what type of trigger i’ve got. please don’t make me click the extra click into the trigger.
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i’d like to be able to run with:
a. {} (like “clear state” in v1)
b. custom input (via editor OR JSON file upload interface—drop file on editor?)
c. a list of previous inputs (last 5 plus any i’ve starred/pinned/named*)
d. (and only if it’s cron) the last final state (as if cron matched now)
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if i’m not on the Canvas, but instead on the Inspector and there is no input selected, i’d like the default “new workorder” action to run with a {}
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And (also on Inspector) i’d like to be able to choose my input (before running) from the same set of options in #2.
Excited to talk about this with you guys tomorrow!
*We’ve talked about this (Issue #311 Name a dataclip) and it’s a VERY MUCH FOR LATER thing, but wanted to make sure that nobody forgot that we’re heading in that direction!
