About Recipes

Introduction

Logic Recipes act as a structured timeline for executing programs on specific entities. Think of them as a sequence of events that dictate how and when certain logic should be applied during an entity's lifecycle—be it during creation, updating, or deletion. They allow us to:

• Define and enforce validation checks before any changes are made.
• Specify the exact sequence of operations that occur before and after creation, updating, or deletion of an entity.
• Use previously created logic flows and blocks as the building blocks to execute the desired operations.

In essence, recipes connect the dots and ensure that the right logic is executed at the right time, offering a holistic approach to managing entity lifecycles.

Recipe Properties

Every recipe has certain details or properties that describe it. These properties give us information about the recipe, like its name, the project it's associated with, the entity it works on, and more. Let's look at these properties:

Property	Required	Description
Entity	Yes	The entity the recipe operates on.
Logic Recipe Name	Yes	The name of the recipe.
Project	Yes	The project to which the recipe belongs.
Logic Recipe Description	No	A brief description of what the recipe do.
Disabled	No	Specifies if the recipe is active (yes/no).

Recipe Stages Overview

Recipes in FlowOn are like guidelines for managing your data. They set the rules for actions like creating, updating, or deleting data. To help you get a grasp, we've laid out the main operations and their steps in the table below.

Operation	Stage	Description
Create	Validate	Ensures data integrity and consistency before the creation of a record.
	Before	Processes that need to be executed before the actual creation of the record.
	After	Processes that occur right after the record has been created.
Update	Validate	Ensures data consistency and validity before updating a record.
	Before	Actions that are run before the actual update of the record.
	After	Actions that take place immediately after a record update.
Delete	Validate	Checks the relevance and integrity of data before its deletion.
	Before	Processes that occur before the deletion of a record.
	After	Tasks that are executed after the record has been deleted.

That gives you a snapshot of recipes in action. Up next, we'll dive deeper into each stage to see how they really work.