Alerts and Notifications
Flow can be used for alert-style workflows where you want to check data regularly and send the result to the right people.
In practice, these are often built as scheduled flows that filter for the records you care about and then deliver the results as an export by email or FTP.
Common Examples
Typical alert-style use cases include:
- checking for records that need attention
- surfacing exceptions or missing data
- sending regular status files to a team inbox
- monitoring for data conditions that should be reviewed
- reporting products in negative stock
- identifying records where important fields are still empty
Typical Setup Pattern
- Choose the data type you want to monitor.
- Set the schedule for how often the check should run.
- Add filters to identify the records that matter.
- Configure the export output and delivery method.
- Simulate the flow and then activate it.
Examples
Examples include:
- a daily email of products that have gone into negative stock
- a scheduled report of stock records where minimum or maximum thresholds are missing
- regular status files sent to an inbox or uploaded to FTP for another system to review
- scheduled checks that target specific categories, suppliers, locations, or other related data