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Understanding usage

Understanding usage: Recipe functions ​

Recipe functions and callable recipes (deprecated) dynamically inherit their usage type from the calling recipe during runtime.

Usage calculation rules ​

Recipe functions follow the general usage calculation rules and the usage calculation rules of their parent recipe:

  • Workflow recipe calls: When a workflow recipe invokes a recipe function, the child recipe function is classified as a workflow recipe, and contributes to Business actions.

  • API recipe calls: When an API recipe invokes a recipe function, the child recipe's usage calculation can vary based on whether the child recipe is called synchronously or asynchronously.

    • Synchronous: If an API recipe calls a recipe function synchronously, the child recipe is treated as a continuation of the original API recipe. It doesn't contribute to additional API calls or Business actions.
    • Asynchronous: If an API recipe calls a recipe function asynchronously, the child recipe function is treated as a workflow recipe and contributes to Business actions.

Refer to workflow recipe and API recipe calculation rules for more information.

Usage counting ​

The total usage of a recipe function job is the sum of all usage in the recipe function. Similar to workflow or API recipes, if a recipe function involves IDP (Intelligent Document Processing) or Event streams capabilities, Pages processed or Events processed is calculated in addition to its primary usage metric.

Examples ​

The following examples demonstrate how Workato calculates usage for recipe functions in different scenarios.

Workflow recipe calls a function recipe ​

Recipe function called synchronously from an API recipe ​

Recipe function called asynchronously from an API recipe ​

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