July 2024: Meet your Automate 2024 speakers, new AI capabilities, and leadership updates

Hey, automation enthusiasts! I'm excited to bring you the latest, value-packed edition of the Workato Wire. This month, we’re gearing up for Automate 2024 with an impressive lineup of speakers you won't want to miss. We’ll also dive into the latest platform updates, including our cutting-edge AI capabilities and updated product features that are set to revolutionize your workflows. Plus, meet the new leaders who are steering Workato into an even more innovative future. Dive into the details below.

Meet your Speakers for Automate 2024

Automate 2024 is just around the corner, and we’ve lined up a stellar cast of speakers ready to share their insights and fuel your mind. This year's legendary lineup includes:

• Nadia Ahmed , Director of Global Revenue Operations, Lansweeper - Discover strategies for enhancing revenue through intelligent operations.
• Ben Sommer , Sr. Director of Global Solutions & DevOps, Bullhorn - Gain insights into global solutions and the future of DevOps.
• Stanley Toh , Head of Enterprise Services & Experiences, Broadcom - Discover how to create exceptional enterprise services.
• Bhagat Nainani , SVP Product & Engineering, Workato - Get the inside scoop on Workato's product and engineering breakthroughs.
• Prasad Ramakrishnan , SVP of IT, CIO, Freshworks - Learn how to leverage AI for enhancing organizational efficiency.
• Eric Luehmann , VP, Enterprise Technology, Alation - Delve into the intersection of data governance and automation.
• Vijay Tella , Co-Founder and CEO, Workato - Unveil the future of integration and its impact on business transformation.

Product Scoop

The below are just a few of many updates we've made recently. You can view a more comprehensive digest in our recent product scoop.

Use Workato AI in your workspaces, regardless of data center: Make your workflows smarter with the AI by Workato connector, now available in all data centers.

Automate your SOX compliance reports with the Audit Log APIs: Take your activity audit data elsewhere with the user and activity log APIs, and go from weekly manual reports to automated peace.

Log your trigger errors, and find issues faster: Dive deep into the logging service, and filter down to polling and filter errors that could be preventing your recipes from being successful. All customers with the logging service enabled can now log and view trigger errors, providing essential data for debugging and ensuring timely notifications. We've also increased log limits per customer to 1,000,000 records per source type.

Updated connectivity for SAP: Enhanced BAPI organization, SAP Router support, and increased efficiency for on-prem instances.

UX/UI Improvements

• Job History Table Export: Users can now export job history tables to CSV, enhancing data accessibility.
• LUT Page Filtering: Added a filter for projects, making it easier to find LUT related to specific projects.
• Manifest Pages Enhancements: Improved sorting and loading times on export and import manifest pages.

Developer APIs

• New Developer APIs: Added APIs for update connections, connection parameters reference, list platform connectors, list connector metadata, disconnect connections, and delete connections. These APIs, previously available for Embed, are now also available for Direct customers.
• Enhanced Error Information: Added more fields with information about errors to Embed managed APIs, which was also recently added to Developer APIs.

RLCM Updates

• Manifest Zip File Naming Logic: Updated logic for naming manifest zip files.
• Retention Period for Archived Manifests: Archived manifests will now be permanently deleted after 30 days.
• Improved Error Messaging: Enhanced error messages for RLCM, with additional troubleshooting information available on our Docs site.
• Deployment Trigger Update: Added package ID to enable users to perform a GET call to see which recipes were deployed.
• Recipe Diff Feature Fix: Fixed the recipe diff feature for workbots.

Let us know what you think about these updates and how they enhance your Workato experience. For detailed documentation, visit our Docs.

Welcoming Our New Leadership: Bhagat Nainani and Chandar Pattabhiram

Here at Workato, we are thrilled to introduce Bhagat Nainani as our new Head of Product & Engineering, and Chandar Pattabhiram as our Chief Go-to-Market Officer!

Bhagat joined Workato in early April, bringing over 20 years of experience from SAP and Oracle. His deep expertise in product and engineering is set to drive innovative advancements within our platform. Chandar comes to us with a stellar background in GTM transformation, category creation, and demand generation, honed at industry giants like Adobe Marketo and Coupa Software. We are excited about the fresh strategies and perspectives he brings to our team. You can read more from Chandar on this next chapter here.

Please join us in welcoming Bhagat and Chandar to the Workato team. We look forward to the impact their leadership will have on our continued growth and success.

Event Roundup

Free and virtual

• Workato Kitchen | July 10th
• [Multiple time zones] Product Hour: From ingestion to insight – Rethinking data pipelines with Workato, DBT and Snowflake | US | EMEA | APJ | July 11th
• [LinkedIn LIVE] Coffee with Massimo: The Impact of Citizen Developers on Enterprise Automation | July 16th
• Automation Pro Training Pro I | July 19th

In-person

• Automate 2024 | San Mateo, CA | August 13-15th

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