Umbraco.Automate - how does parallel work?

Questions
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Hi,
I’ve been trying to work out how to make parallel control flows work. I read the docs but it isnt very clear. I had thought that setting up a flow like :

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Would allow each of my connections to run independantly, but it doesnt. If Bluesky fails, LinkedIn and Mastodon dont get hit.
I can’t create new individual lines from parallel to each individual connection either.

Anyone else tried this yet?

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This could be a bug actually so going to log it on the tracker :slight_smile: Issues · umbraco/Umbraco.Automate

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I don’t think you’ve set the parallel up correctly :thinking: .. as you have serial lines between your sends..

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Clicking the add button under the parallel allows multiple actions branching from the parallel?

(I’m automate 17.1.0 on umb 17.5.3, incase this is a 18+ issue…)

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Interesting, I couldnt add anything - I’ll try again :slight_smile:

Ah! I found the issue - I think I had my connections already setup and so I couldn’t then create a new connection with drag drop. But you are totally correct @mistyn8 - if I click on the + I can then create a new connection and I get separate branches.

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though now struggling to see why parallel is required.. as you can simply add multiple actions (seemingly would be parallel) to anything..

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In my case, the parallel is the final step that I want to carry out, so I have all the info I need above it.

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but can’t you also just add multiple (parallel) send actions to your format Hashtags.. and forgo the parallel? :man_shrugging:

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ah, I see what you mean. Never thought about it like that, but yes, I probably could. I might setup another workflow and test it.