Note: this feature might change slightly and might not yet be enabled in your application

After reading this article you’ll know:

The next-generation actions are as the name implies the next-generation of the action functionality within Betty Blocks. An action represents logic that is executed after a certain event, called a trigger. This trigger can be the click on a button of a user or automatically using a schedule (e.g. every night at 10 O’clock). For example, you can create a workflow by adding individual action events with each handling a step in an end-to-end process. A number of different action steps are available for adding to an action, going from a create or update event to http requests (web services), or generating an output file in portable file format (PDF).

The next-generation of actions isn’t just an updated version of the previous generation actions. They are a completely new feature that’s been created from scratch. The goal of the next-generation actions was to ensure stability and performance whilst also improving the speed and ease of use of the previous generation.

Besides its performance, the next-generation actions also received an updated UI. A lot of the elements of the previous generation still resemble within the new UI but a lot of its options have been changed and finetuned.

A comparison of the new UI vs the previous one

We will be adding more and more action steps to the next-generation action builder over time to ensure you won’t be needing to head back to the previous environment.

If you want to learn more about actions check this article.