[✅ Solution] Are automations fired at import?

I am doing some tests with importing data from an Excel file. The import funcationality is impressive and working perfectly. 199 records imported.

On the target table there are two automations active: one for create and one for update. The target table was empty when I started the import, so I would expect that the On-Create automation would fire, but it doesn’t. In the log it says: No runs for this automation during the last 60 days.

  1. What’s going on? Why isn’t the automation fired?
  2. The production Excel file containts thousands of records. Is it okay if I import them in one go?
  3. Is there a way to fire automations for a batch of records manually?
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By default automations during import is turned off. You have to toggle it on for the automations to run.


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Ah yes, of course!!!
I just retried the import and the automations are fired for each record one by one. It takes some time, but it runs…

Suppose it imports thousands of records… Is that clver?

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Yeah, that is kind of your only option.