Titto Thommy

I heard about Workato recipe while working on a proposal with a colleague. The name “recipe” triggered an interest in me as it is a known terminology in food space.

Definition of recipe is “a set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, including a list of the ingredients required​​​​​​​”. It is on the same lines as Workato explains a recipe that has a trigger, that lead to actions which can include connections.

A real life example — “feel hungry” as a trigger, “order food” and “eat” could be potential actions. In order to enable an action of “order food”, we may use a connection (Uber eats, Newyork pizza, etc.).

I initially thought the name has a similarity with “WORKflow AuTOmation” that streamlines a business process end-to-end. However the website terms the product for enterprise automation platform. It offers iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) platform with 1000’s of enterprise connectors to applications like Salesforce, Jira, Slack, etc.

Elements to explore

• Recipe: it is a building block with a trigger event, actions and connections.
• Triggers can be real-time, scheduled or batch
• Business logic can be built using a number of options like branching, looping, try/catch, error handling, etc..
• Developer workspace consisting of assets such as recipes and connections
• Functions: they are whitelisted Ruby methods

Experience

Workato platform provides simplicity, no wonder research agency Forrestor describes them as “Workato’s offering demonstrates that simplification does not mean lack of power”.

This tool can empower non professional developers to orchestrate end-to-end workflows to collaborate and automate at scale.

Do you like to learn Workato?

Head on over to workato academy and explore the beginner level certification at Automation Pro 1.

Note: This post was written in Feb 2022, and now moved to my personal site.