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Exclusive Computing Power

What is exclusive computing power?​

Exclusive Computing Power refers to an exclusive resource service purchased within the platform that enables workflows to execute independently. After purchasing exclusive computing power, important workflows in the application can be added to execute in the exclusive computing power, which can be protected from workflow blockage in the organization or other organizations of the platform.

Rather than increasing the execution speed of the workflow itself, exclusive computing power ensures that workflows in the computing power can execute stably and are not affected by other workflows.

When need to purchase exclusive computing power

All execution instances of workflows in the platform are queued for execution, and workflows are executed concurrently through the server. In general, a workflow ( such as a workflow triggered by event from worksheet ) instance from the data change to triggering and execution is completed within 5 seconds ( there are nodes like approval, filling, delay, etc. in the workflow ), and a button-triggered workflow is within 1 second. Sometimes, the complexity of the workflow configuration and the modification of many fields in the worksheet may lead to slow execution of the process, and then the workflow may be blocked, which in turn leads to a delay in the execution of the following workflow instances in queue.

  • Recommended to purchase exclusive computing power

    If the business has high requirements for the stability of the workflow, and delayed execution may lead to the interruption of the business process, it is necessary to purchase exclusive computing power, such as the process for recording the goods in and out of the warehouse, which requires real-time counting of the inventory, or else it will affect the subsequent orders. Purchase is recommended in this case.

  • No need to purchase exclusive computing power

    For example, after a lead is created, it needs to go through a workflow to query the place of attribution and assign a follow-up person. For such a workflow, waiting for a few minutes is not too disruptive to the business, and exclusive computing power may not be necessary.

Purchase​

Only Super Admin and Application Admin in the organization can purchase and manage exclusive computing power on the organization management page.

  • Entrance

    Click [+Purchase Exclusive Computing] in the upper right corner to start the selection of computing power configurations.

  • 1. Select Specifications

    Choose the maximum concurrency of the computing power according to your actual need, and there are three types available.

    Concurrency is the number of instances that can run simultaneously. For example, 20 concurrencies means that 20 workflows can be executed simultaneously, and if there are more than 20, the rest will be executed after those 20 are finished.

  • 2. Valid Duration

    You can choose a monthly upgrade package or a single month package.

    • Monthly Upgrade Package

      It is valid from the current month to the last day of the platform license.

      How to check the expiration date of the platform license:

    • Single Month Package

      It is valid only for the month in which it was purchased.

  • 3. Charges

    After selecting the specification and valid duration, the fees will be shown automatically.

    Monthly Upgrade Package: Unit Price * 12 Months * Billable Days / 365 Days.

    • 20 concurrency: ￥200/month
    • 50 concurrency: ￥500/month
    • 100 concurrency: ￥1000/month

  • 4. Payment

    When choosing to pay via balance, WeChat, or Alipay, it takes effect directly; when paying with a bank card, it takes time for offline verification.

TIPS​

  • Exclusive computing power is not available for the Free Edition.

  • An organization can purchase up to 5 computing power.

  • Each organization can try the 20 concurrency of computing power once for free (single month package, available in the month as the order is placed).

Management​

Basic Info and Operations​

On the list page, you can also view the resource ID, modify the name (defaults to the rule name), and renew it.

  • Source ID

    You may be required to provide this ID when giving feedback on an issue.

  • Modify name of computing power

    It defaults to the rule name and can be modified according to the business situation.

  • Status

    • Creating (just completed payment and creating service resources)
    • In progress
    • Destroying (expired but the workflow has not been consumed, once consumed it will be destroyed directly)
    • Destroyed

Distribute and Manage Computing Power​

As mentioned above, not all workflows need exclusive computing power. For workflows that require stable execution, they can be allocated to run in exclusive computing power to avoid being affected by blocking, while other workflows can continue to execute with the platform's public computing power.

Click the [Manage] button in the card to manage workflows in the computing power.

  • Add workflows exclusive computing power

    The subflows and packaged business processes referenced in the workflows that are added to the computing power will also be executing in the current exclusive computing power.

  • Remove workflows or move to other computing power

    You can operate one by one or in a batch.