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Automation & Triggers

Vantage automates integration-based data flows through workflow triggers, scheduled execution, and conditional logic.

Workflow Triggers

Trigger Type	How It Works
Schedule Trigger	Runs a workflow on a recurring schedule (every N minutes, daily, weekly, cron-based)
Logical Trigger	Starts a workflow when specified data conditions are met (field values, thresholds, comparisons)
AI Trigger	Fires when AI detects a specific pattern, anomaly, or event in your data

Schedule-Based Automation

The most common pattern for integration automation:

Schedule Trigger → Integration Node → Processing → Output

Examples

Scenario	Schedule	Integration	Output
Daily revenue report	Daily, 8 AM	PostgreSQL query	Dashboard tile + Email
Hourly social monitoring	Every hour	Instagram Get Posts	Event Feed tile
Weekly compliance audit	Monday, 7 AM	Database Query	Dashboard + Alert email
Real-time inventory alerts	Every 30 min	Shopify Inventory	Slack notification

Event-Based Automation

Use Logical Trigger and AI Trigger for event-driven workflows:

Logical Trigger

Define conditions on data fields (e.g., "if order_total > 1000")
Workflow only proceeds when conditions are met
Supports AND/OR logic

AI Trigger

Describe what the AI should detect (e.g., "negative sentiment spike", "unusual transaction pattern")
AI monitors data and triggers the workflow automatically
Useful for anomaly detection and pattern-based alerting

Multi-Step Automation

Chain workflow nodes to build complex automated pipelines:

Schedule Trigger
    → Database Query (fetch new orders)
    → AI Enrichment (classify order type)
    → Multi-Conditional (route by type)
        ├── High-value → Send Email (sales team)
        ├── International → AI Compliance Check → Dashboard Output
        └── Standard → Dashboard Output

Nested Workflows

For complex automation, split logic into modular workflows:

Node	Purpose
Execute Workflow	Runs another workflow and waits for its output before continuing
Run Workflow	Triggers another workflow asynchronously (fire-and-forget)

This lets you create reusable "building block" workflows that can be composed into larger pipelines.