Prevent Scenario Auto Shutdown in Make's App

Have you ever experienced a scenario where it automatically shuts down and you don't get an immediate system email alerting you? Or perhaps you do get the email, but it gets lost in the sea of other emails in your inbox. It can then be weeks before you notice the scenario isn’t running. This can be a frustrating problem, especially if you rely on these scenarios for important tasks.

Building a Separate Scenario

One solution to this problem is to build a separate scenario that would periodically (daily or weekly for instance) check all scenarios searching for those no longer activated. This way, you can easily send an email of that output alerting you to investigate further. This can be a great way to ensure that you're always on top of your scenarios and that none of them have unexpectedly shut down.

Steps to Build the Scenario

  1. Make does have an API endpoint to fetch a list of your notifications.
  2. From there you need to use another API endpoint to get the text content (details) of each notification. The body contains HTML links to the scenario.
  3. If you need extra details of the scenario, you can parse the scenario ID from the body of the notification detail, and then use "Get scenario details”.
  4. If you want a daily report, just set the scenario to run daily, iterate through all notifications for the day, and compile them into a single string using a text aggregator module.

Troubleshooting Tips

Since Make’s App doesn’t have a module to get notifications, you’ll need to use the generic "Make an API call” module. If you're having trouble with this, make sure to check your API call and ensure that it's set up correctly.

Conclusion

In conclusion, building a separate scenario to check for deactivated scenarios can be a great way to stay on top of your tasks and ensure that everything is running smoothly. With the right setup and troubleshooting, you can easily build this scenario and start receiving daily or weekly reports on your scenarios.

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