managing-queues

When to use

Use a queue when changes arrive in bursts and the next workflow should take them in batches: for example an app trigger that fires on every record change feeding a workflow that writes to a rate limited app. Use this guide to create a queue, set its flush rules, look at what waits in it, or flush, clear or delete it. To build the workflows on either side, use building-workflows.

How a queue works

• Producers are workflows with a step that adds records to the queue. A queue can have several.
• The consumer is the workflow whose trigger is the queue. Each flush sends a batch of waiting records to it.
• The flush rules decide when a flush happens: