Field Notes Vol. 5-2024 | MESA Blog

Welcome to our monthly field notes of the latest enhancements and updates for MESA! Each month, our team works diligently to bring you new features, improvements, and integrations designed to make your work easier to accomplish.

Let's jump in to see the adventure that occurred this May.

✨ New: Per-step testing

Workflow testing from beginning to end can be problematic if there are errors. It can be difficult to isolate the issue and determine where in the workflow there is a problem. By simplifying testing and breaking it down into manageable parts, it’s easier to troubleshoot and confirm the results.

We overhauled testing by building it directly into the steps so you can validate the work as you go.

For more on how it all works, be sure to read the Testing doc.

✨ New app integration: ChannelApe

ChannelApe is a popular inventory management service. There are currently only two workflow actions while we incorporate more of their APIs.

✨ New Shopify trigger: Discount Created

This trigger event starts when a Shopify Discount is created. Take a look at this Shopify guide on how to create discounts. To use this, you will need to update your permission scopes to include read_discounts.

💬 Improvement: Discord

For Discord integrations, we introduced new authentication, eliminating the need to create your own bots.

We removed the Guild ID field from all actions, as it is now automatically added.

We implemented typeahead for the Channel ID, so you can search for the channel directly instead of enabling "Developer mode" in Discord and copying and pasting the Channel ID.

As a result we also update the setup instructions for the following templates:

🪝 Improvement: Webhook subscriptions

Previously, our webhook triggers would subscribe when workflow are enabled, and unsubscribe when the workflow or trigger was deleted. This means that if you disable the workflow, you will still receive webhooks. However, they will be marked as "Skipped" tasks.

This update will unsubscribe from webhooks you disables the workflow, delete the workflow, uninstall the app, or delete the trigger.

So, if you disable the workflow, you will no longer receive "Skipped" tasks.

➕ Improvement: Optional Fields

In an effort to reduce confusion and simplify the configuration of each step, we move all optional fields to a side sheets that is accessible from a "More options" button. We found users were struggling to find the right fields to customize and also user configuring fields that were unrelated.

We'll continue listening to your feedback and iterate for delivering the best workflow builder experience!

📄 Improvement: MESA Docs

We improved the structure and wrote new articles to help everyone get started with MESA regardless of your experience with workflow automation. Check it out here: https://docs.getmesa.com/

🎵 For your ears: Only Soundtracks

Enjoy our Spotify playlist for May featuring hit songs in cinema. Can you pair each song with inspired movie?

ShopPad May '24 Playlist - MESA | Spotify

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Playlist:

  1. Bohemian Rhapsody - Remastered 2011
    Artist: Queen
    Duration: 05:54

  2. Miserlou
    Artist: Dick Dale
    Duration: 02:15

  3. Across 110th Street
    Artist: Bobby Womack
    Duration: 03:45

  4. Pusherman
    Artist: Curtis Mayfield
    Duration: 05:00

  5. Chicago
    Artist: Sufjan Stevens
    Duration: 06:04

  6. You Make My Dreams
    Artist: Daryl Hall & John Oates
    Duration: 03:11

  7. Queen of the Night - Radio Edit
    Artist: Whitney Houston
    Duration: 03:08

  8. Runaway
    Artist: Ramin Djawadi
    Duration: 02:48

  9. When Doves Cry
    Artist: Quindon Tarver
    Duration: 04:07

  10. This Magic Moment
    Artist: Lou Reed
    Duration: 03:23

  11. Mrs. Robinson - From "The Graduate" Soundtrack
    Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
    Duration: 04:07

  12. Tiny Dancer
    Artist: Elton John
    Duration: 06:13

  13. Let Go
    Artist: Frou Frou
    Duration: 04:13

  14. Don't You (Forget About Me)
    Artist: Simple Minds
    Duration: 04:20

  15. There She Goes
    Artist: The La's
    Duration: 02:42

  16. Take My Breath Away - Love Theme from "Top Gun"
    Artist: Berlin
    Duration: 04:15

  17. O-o-h Child
    Artist: The Five Stairsteps
    Duration: 03:17

  18. As The World Falls Down
    Artist: David Bowie
    Duration: 04:50

  19. Iris
    Artist: The Goo Goo Dolls
    Duration: 04:49

  20. What Was I Made For? [From The Motion Picture "Barbie"]
    Artist: Billie Eilish
    Duration: 03:42

  21. Mad World
    Artist: Gary Jules, Michael Andrews
    Duration: 03:09