Difference between "call Automation" (Basic Block) and "run Automation" (Qlik Block)

BjoernWollny — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:59:20 GMT

Hi,

I wonder what are the differences between both blocks. Obviously I have some more options available when using the "run Automation" Block. But what are the other differences?

I checked the documentation and there is not a lot of information. My questions are especially:

when using the "call Automation" block - does the main automation waits until this called one is finished? So in case I want to run several Automations in parallel I would have to use "run Automation"
does the "Run Automation" counts different in regards to the number of available automation runs (intern/ external) that are available for our account

What would be use cases for the call automation and for the run automation?

Many thanks for your support! Hope I did not missed any documents or other posts.

Re: Difference between "call Automation" (Basic Block) and "run Automation" (Qlik Block)

nevopotokcloudinary — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:54:11 GMT

Hi,

this is correct.

"Call automation" stop the current automation and waiting until the other automation finish.

"Run automation" allow you to set what is the running method. I use this in other block ("Reload app") and run multiple blocks in parallel .

The case to use "call automation" is when there dependancies between automation (like update app or qvd)

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Difference between "call Automation" (Basic Block) and "run Automation" (Qlik Block)

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