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Where results go ​

Each automation has one destination. The reply and the files it built go there on every run.

In app ​

The default. The chat of the run appears in your chat list, named after the automation and the time, with the answer and the result in it. You get a notification in the app when it lands.

Use it for results you open at your desk: a dashboard, a report you page through, a deck you download.

Email ​

The reply arrives as an email at the address of your account. Files are attached up to 15 MB; larger ones are linked to the chat of the run. Nothing to set up.

Telegram ​

The reply and the files arrive as a message from the Tabloy bot in your personal chat with it. Connect Telegram once; every automation can use it. See Telegram and Slack.

Slack ​

The reply and the files arrive as a direct message from the Tabloy app in your Slack workspace. Connect Slack once. See Telegram and Slack.

What is sent ​

  • The answer as text, formatted for the channel.
  • Files the run built: a PDF, an Excel file, a deck. Ask for the file in the request ("as a PDF") and it comes with the message.
  • A link to the chat of the run, so you can ask a follow-up or open a dashboard.

When nothing is sent ​

With Notify: Only when there is something new, a run whose result matches the last one delivers nothing. The run log shows Nothing new, not sent. See Put a task on a schedule.

Failures ​

A failed run sends a short notice to the destination: what went wrong and a link to the automation. After three failures in a row the automation pauses and the notice says so.

Replying to the bot ​

The Telegram bot and the Slack app deliver results; they do not answer messages. To change a task, edit the automation in Tabloy. To ask a follow-up, open the chat of the run from the link.