Chapter 6 Overview

This section provides a detailed introduction to the Automation module of the Informat platform.

Informat's Automation feature provides a graphical programming environment that uses combinations of automation steps to implement program logic. A program is a set of actionable work steps designed to achieve a specific goal. In Automation, program functionality is implemented through variables, flow control, and automation steps. A typical automation program is as follows: The usage scenario for automation is that the caller of the automation passes parameters to the automation program, and the automation program returns the result to the caller after executing specific actions.