Automation

An automation defines a set of actions to be performed when defined sensor or event triggers occur.

Automation

Below are the properties for the Automation. Each property links to the specific details section further down in this page.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
automation		AutomationOptions	Yes	Configuration options for the automation.

Property Details

AutomationOptions

Configuration options for an automation.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
name		string	No	The name of the model
description		string	No	A brief description of what the model does.
metadata		ResourceMetadata	No	Meta information of a resource. In most cases it doesn't affect the system behavior but may be helpful to analyze project resources.
enabled		boolean	No	A boolean flag indicating whether the automation is enabled (or not). Defaults to True.
actions		array[Any of: (ActionOptions, string)]	No	List of actions that the automation performs when triggered.
triggers		EventTrigger	No	List of automation triggers.

ActionOptions

Configuration options for an action.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
name		string	No	The name of the model
description		string	No	A brief description of what the model does.
metadata		ResourceMetadata	No	Meta information of a resource. In most cases it doesn't affect the system behavior but may be helpful to analyze project resources.
automation		string	No	Name of the parent automation that the action belongs to.
config		object	Yes	Configuration for the action.
type		string	Yes	Type of action.

EventTrigger

A trigger that triggers an automation based on events or sensors.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
events		array[One of: (EventSqlFilter, EventPythonFilter, EventTypeFilter)]	No	List of event filters used to identify events that trigger the automation.
sensors		array[Any of: (SensorOptions, string)]	No	List of sensors that trigger the automation.

EventPythonFilter

An event filter that filters based on Python code.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
types		array[string]	Yes	List of event types.
python_filter		string	Yes	Python code used to filter events from the event stream.

EventSqlFilter

An event filter that filters based on an SQL query expression.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
types		array[string]	Yes	List of event types.
sql_filter		string	Yes	SQL query expression used to filter events from the event stream.

EventTypeFilter

An event filter that filters based on a list of event types.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
types		array[string]	Yes	List of event types.

SensorOptions

Configuration options for a sensor.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
name		string	No	The name of the model
description		string	No	A brief description of what the model does.
metadata		ResourceMetadata	No	Meta information of a resource. In most cases it doesn't affect the system behavior but may be helpful to analyze project resources.
automation		string	No	Name of the parent automation that the sensor belongs to.
config		object	Yes	Configuration for the sensor.
type		string	Yes	Type of sensor.

ResourceMetadata

Meta information of a resource. In most cases it doesn't affect the system behavior but may be helpful to analyze project resources.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
source		ResourceLocation	No	The origin or source information for the resource.
source_event_uuid		string	No	UUID of the event that is associated with creation of this resource.

ResourceLocation

The origin or source information for the resource.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
path		string	Yes	Path within repository files where the resource is defined.
first_line_number		integer	No	First line number within path file where the resource is defined.