Interactive Actions enables the Automation owner to control the workflow, even when triggered by someone else. When creating an Automation, interactive Actions such as approval requests and ask a question can be included in the workflow.
| Approval request | Ask a question
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Description | Manual approval points in your Automation. | Allows the user to influence the flow of an Automation. |
Sent via | Slack | Slack or email |
Who can be a recipient? | A user or a group must be part of a Blink account. | Does not need to be a part of a Blink account. Via Slack → the recipient must be part of the Slack workspace. Via email → any email can be used. |
Connection needed | Slack connection. | Slack connection for Slack. |
Receiver’s response options | Approve, deny | The recipient receives a Slack notification or an email with a question and possible answers. |
Response consequences | Approve → Automation continues to run. Deny → Automation pauses. The approver can specify a reason. No response → After timeout, the Automation takes the preset default response. | The recipient selects an answer, and the Automation continues to run in accordance with the answer. No response → After timeout, the Automation takes the preset default response. |
Record in the Blink system | A record of the approval request appears in My approvals. | No record appears. |
How to create |
Asking for approval via Slack:
Asking a question via Slack:
Asking a question via email:
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