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Turn ideas into action with your first automation and essential building techniques
By Ruairí and 4 others5 authors38 articles
Introduction
Learn the basics of building in Tines
Build your first Tines StoryInstructions on how to build your first story in Tines.
Importing and exporting storiesLearn how to import and export your stories in Tines.
Managing your storiesManaging your stories in Tines.
Mastering the fundamentalsMaster the fundamentals in Tines.
Monitoring actionsMonitoring and alerting on failed actions in Tines
Working in Tines
Guides and walk throughs for various tasks and use cases
Change control and story versioningSafely experiment with ideas for improvements with change control
How to manage folder structure in TinesManaging folders in Tines
Story performance and executionUnderstand how your stories perform in Tines
Story outputs and valuesUnderstand story outputs and values in Tines
How to use webhooksUnderstand how to create, test and access webhook data
Send to storySend events to other stories in Tines
How to configure an HTTP request in TinesConfiguring an HTTP request action
How to use cURL to TinesUsing cURL to Tines
Use the event transform actionUnderstanding and setting up event transform action in Tines.
Using explode and implodeLearn how to use explode and implode in the event transform action
Data type conversionLearn some tips for converting data in Tines
Date and time operationsLearn how to convert date and time in Tines
Using the send email actionLearn how to use the send email action in Tines.
Using loop in TinesUsing Loop in Tines
Using groupsOrganize your actions in Tines with groups
Integrating Slack with TinesIntegrate incoming Slack events into your story using a Tines webhook.
Integrating Microsoft Teams with TinesA guide for Tines users to create apps using the Developer Portal app and the Azure Portal
Story toolbarThe story toolbar is where all actions, tools and templates are found in Tines.
Building best practices
Master the fundamentals of effective workflow design and story construction
Best practices for security and monitoringIdentify common best practices for securing your Tines tenant.
Best practices for building and maintaining storiesIdentify common best practices for managing your Tines stories.
Best practices for change controlIdentify common best practices for change control in Tines.
Migrating stories from non-production to production tenantsHow to migrate Tines stories to production tenants.
Send to Story Best Practice: “One In, One Out”Implementing send to stories with "one in, one out"
Webhook Best Practice: Configuring Names and PathsEnsuring your workflows are maintainable and easy to track.
Choosing the right function: Best practice guideA guide on choosing the correct function to use in your Tines story
Error handling: Best practice guideThis guide will help you set up your stories to best handle errors in Tines
FAQs
Answers to common questions from Tines users
Encoding UTF8 on action runCould not create event – PG::CharacterNotInRepertoire: ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8" error
Is it possible to create a password-protected file within Tines?Creating files in TInes
Condition FAQsFAQs about the condition action type
HTTP request FAQsFAQs about the HTTP request action type
Functions FAQFAQs about using functions in Tines.
Event transform action FAQsFAQs about the event transform action type
Event FAQsFAQs about events in your Tines story