Logs Logs are the place to troubleshoot and inspect a workflow that is running or has run. Well thought out features and user experience can save users a lot of time in finding errors and correcting them. Standard Occasional Unique Log history Real-time logs Advanced debugging of logs Most vendors offer a repository of workflow Run logs in real time to spot small issues quickly. Search and filter logs on any property for fast history. debugging. Customizable log retention Customer-defined log retention time to comply with your security policies. Data processing General Automation Platforms differ widely on the speed and volume of data that they can process. Make sure that you test your use case with the vendor to ensure that processing latency or capacity isn’t an issue. Standard Occasional Unique Processing latency Alerting Real-time workflow processing Many vendors do not offer real-time processing Know when a workflow process fails; customize Never a delay in the scheduled start time of the and instead have differing amounts of lag in the how alerts are triggered. workflow or its execution. kick off of processing a workflow. Data storage Infinite scalability When building workflows, it is helpful to store data Scale up or down for an unlimited number of temporarily. workflow tasks. Log data storage Store log data for you to inspect workflows that executed in the past. 31