Introduction

In this section, we are going to cover what are Runs and how we can bring life to our Workflows by executing them.

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Run Mode

When you open the Workflow Editor you are in the Builder Mode. This mode is used to create and design workflows.

The other tab, called Run Mode is used to monitor executions and look at the outputs of the Nodes in the workflow.

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Run Statuses

When you execute a workflow, you will be switched to the Run Mode where you can see the status of the run.

Possilble statuses are:

• Pending: Run is waiting to be executed.
• Running: Run is currently running.
• Succeeded: Run has been successfully executed.
• Stopping: Run is in the process of stopping.
• Stopped: Run has been stopped in the execution.
• Failed: Run has failed to execute.

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Running Workflows

To run a workflow, you need to click on the Execute Button in the middle of the canvas.

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Running Example Workflow

Let’s run a workflow that we created in the previous section.

If you click on the Execute button, you will see new window opens up offering different options to run the workflow.

This modal shows on how many machines you can run your workflow. Additionally, you can run your workflows on Trickest Managed or Self-Hosted machines.

For now, let’s run this workflow on 1 Managed Machine.

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Your First Run

When you click on the Execute button, new Run will be created and you will be switched to Run Mode and you can follow the execution of the workflow.

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Node Live Results (Stdout)

While node (either tool or a script) is running, you can see the live output (stdout) of the node in the Run Mode. This is useful for debugging and monitoring the progress of the workflow.

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Node Live Results (Stderr)

While node (either tool or a script) is running, you can see the live log of the tool execution along with other useful information of the node in the Run Mode.

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Node Statuses

Nodes can have different statuses during the execution. Here are the possible statuses:

• Pending: Node is waiting to be executed, either because of the dependencies or the machines are just scaling up.
• Running: Node is currently running.
• Succeeded: Node has beeng successfully executed.
• Failed: Node has failed to execute.
• Stopping: Node is in the process of stopping.
• Stopped: Node has been stopped in the execution.

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Node outputs

When the node is executed, you can see the output of the node in the Run Mode. This tab will be automatically opened when the node is in Completed status.

Just like you would execute tools or scripts with custom output path, Trickest handles all of that for you. The data is stored and you can access it by clicking on each node in the workflow.