Smart Code Package Grouping for Compatible Workflow Publication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional automation systems require manual and time-consuming processes for users to create and debug workflows, and publishers face challenges in accurately describing automations for easy user identification, leading to inefficient and error-prone workflows.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows publishers to specify technical requirements of code packages as configurations of existing workflows, associating them with pre-stored metadata, enabling efficient publication and user-friendly search and selection of compatible automations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If manual metadata specification is used for publishing automations, then publishers can provide descriptive information, but the process becomes time-consuming and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically copies metadata from the automation's configuration files and code structure, eliminating manual metadata entry. The publication system parses the automation code to extract relevant information such as dependencies, parameters, and functionality descriptions, thereby reducing both time consumption and errors associated with manual metadata specification.
Solution Approach 2:
The automation package itself provides the metadata information through its embedded configuration files and code annotations. The publication system reads and processes this self-provided information automatically, allowing the automation to serve its own metadata needs without external manual intervention.
2Ease of operation
If comprehensive search filters are provided to users, then users can locate specific automations, but the search results include many automations with different technical requirements that may not be compatible
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments automations into distinct configurations, where each configuration represents a specific set of technical requirements and dependencies. This segmentation allows users to search for automations based on functional criteria while the system ensures that the returned configurations are technically compatible with the user's environment.
Solution Approach 2:
The publication system implements feedback mechanisms that automatically verify technical compatibility between automations and target environments. When users search for automations, the system checks configuration requirements against available resources and provides feedback to filter out incompatible options, ensuring reliable technical matching.
3Reliability
If publishers specify detailed technical requirements, then compatible automations can be identified, but the publication process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically copies technical requirement information from the automation's configuration files, dependency declarations, and environment specifications. This automated extraction eliminates the need for manual specification of technical requirements, maintaining accuracy while reducing publication complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual process of specifying technical requirements is replaced by automated parsing and analysis of the automation's code structure and configuration files. The publication system uses software agents to extract and validate technical requirements programmatically, substituting manual mechanical processes with automated computational methods.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods include determination of a code package for publication to a repository, determination of an existing workflow, where the code package is to be published as a configuration of the existing workflow, determination of metadata of the existing workflow, determination of one or more applications associated with the configuration and, for each of the one or more applications, an edition associated with the configuration, and storage of the code package as the configuration in the repository in association with the metadata and identifiers of the one or more applications and associated editions.