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Workflows

Automate recording routing and assignments in Ardela.

Workflows automate how recordings move through your team — routing to transcribers, assigning by priority, or triggering on status changes.

Workflows require a Pro or Enterprise plan. Only workspace owners and admins can create and edit workflows.

Opening Workflows

Open Workflows from the sidebar (/workflows). Use the Approvals tab (/workflows?tab=approvals) to review pending workflow approval steps.

What workflows do

Workflows run automatically when configured triggers fire. Common uses:

  • Route urgent recordings to a specific transcriber group
  • Assign new queue items using round-robin across a team
  • Trigger actions when a recording status changes
  • Run scheduled checks on queue health

Triggers

TriggerFires when
Recording completeAuthor finishes and sends to queue
Transcriber completeTranscriber marks work done
Status changeRecording moves between statuses
Assignment changeRecording is assigned or reassigned
ManualAuthorized user triggers from the UI
ScheduledCron schedule (e.g. daily at 9am)

All triggers support filters for priority, template, and author.

Steps

The primary step type is Route — conditional assignment based on recording fields:

  • Match rules on priority, status, group, and other fields
  • Assign to a specific user or group
  • Round-robin distributes work evenly across group members

Building a workflow

  1. Open WorkflowsNew workflow
  2. Name the workflow and choose a trigger
  3. Add trigger conditions (optional)
  4. Add a Route step with assignment rules
  5. Save and enable

Test with a manual trigger before relying on automatic triggers in production.

Approvals

Some workflow steps require human approval before proceeding. Check the Approvals tab for pending items and approve or reject each one.

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