What is flowGat

FlowGat is an intelligent zero-code automation platform that allows you to automate and streamline business processes. It allows the users to run intelligent workflows by connecting 100 of apps. It’s a highly secured platform that offers effective enterprise integration to create simple or complex end-to-end automation of business processes. The users can automate repetitive tasks without any technical or programming knowledge. Anyone can create workflows easily with a few clicks in FlowGat.

For example with FlowGat you can integrate sales orders, receipts from different e-commerce platforms like Shopify, Magento, Woo-commerce, etc. to ensure seamless flow of information between these apps. With FlowGat, you can create hundreds of intelligent & smart workflows at a very less cost.

Let’s discuss the terms that you’ll come across while using FlowGat.

Workflow plan

A workflow plan is a sequence of steps in a workflow. FlowGat allows the users to create multiple plans under a workflow. It allows the users to test different scenarios under the same workflow. A workflow may have multiple plans, but only a single plan can be active or running for a workflow at a given time.

Trigger

A trigger is an event that launches or kick starts the workflow. You cannot launch or start the workflow manually. So, you have to set a trigger to start the action in the workflow on the basis of pre-configured criteria. The initial step should be a trigger event. Whenever the trigger event will occur in the app, the various actions that are defined in the workflow plan will be executed. A trigger can have multiple configurations.

For example, if you want to create a new customer in your Shopify account when a new customer is added, the trigger will be “new customer added”.

Types of triggers

The triggers in a FlowGat can be:

Polling trigger: Under a polling trigger, the FlowGat would check for changes from the trigger after regular intervals, say for example after every 10-15 minutes to initiate the workflow plan. The events with polling triggers are labeled as “polling” against the event in the workflow plan designer.

Instant trigger: Your trigger application will notify the FlowGat about the new changes or new data, with an instant trigger. The events with instant triggers are marked as “instant” in the workflow plan designer.

App

An app is an application in which the trigger event takes place. The application will indicate where the trigger event shall occur. As soon as the trigger event occurs in the application you choose, the workflow will start processing. FlowGat provides you an integration of 100+ applications such as Gmail, Yahoo, SalesForce, Shopify, Woo-commerce, QuickBooks, and a lot more.

Premium apps

The premium apps are the applications that are available only on paid plans. These apps comprise of business applications like SalesForce, FTP, Shopify, Quickbooks, etc. These apps are tagged as “Premium” on the workflow plan designer.

Action

Actions are the tasks to do within a workflow plan or application. Based on the trigger event the FlowGat executes the actions that were predefined for automation in the workflow plan. A workflow plan may have one trigger and multiple actions. For example, if you want to create a new customer in your Shopify account when a new customer is added, the action will be “create a new customer”.

Auto retry

Auto retry is an inbuilt feature in FlowGat that prevents loss of data during a run due to technical or network issues. This feature allows you to retry the failed steps in the workflow run so that the workflow run can be successfully completed.

Getting started with FlowGat

If you want to create workflows using FlowGat, you’ll have to sign up to start your free trial by filling your details such as your name, email address, and password.

The dashboard will appear once you log in into the FlowGat. Here you can view the statistics of active workflows, Running workflows, failed workflows, and Completed workflows.

If you open the “My Workflows” page, you’ll be able to view the previous workflows that you have created along with the details. You can manage your workflows, create new workflows, view previous runs, edit the workflow plan and delete the workflows that are no longer required.

Tap the “+” sign on the right-hand side to create a new workflow in the workflow plan designer.

In the “connections” page, you’ll be able to view the application connections with the FlowGat. The page displays the application name, connection name as well as the connection updates.

The “Subscription” page provides information about subscription information, payment history, and plans. Here you can view your current subscription along with details regarding the starting date and the expiry date of the plan.

Under the payment history, you can view the payment details comprising of the date, amount, status, and card type.

The plan section displays the various plans that you could subscribe to. It contains the list of different plans ranging from basic to enterprise level. You can choose the plan that deems to fit your requirements on a monthly or yearly basis.