Day 5 — Automation, Error Handling, and Final Polish_updated

Day 5 — Automation, Error Handling, and Final Polish_updated
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# 📅 Day 5 — Automation, Error Handling, and Final Polish # 📅 Day 5 — Automation, Error Handling, and Final Polish
## 🎯 Goal ## 🎯 Goal
Convert the manual workflow into a **fully automated, production-ready system**. Transition the workflow to a **fully automated, production-ready system**.
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## 🧩 Tasks ## 🧩 Tasks
### 1. Schedule for Automation ### 1. Schedule for Automation
- Replace the Manual Trigger with a **Cron Node**. - Replace Manual Trigger with **Cron Node**:
- Example schedule: Run daily at 3 AM. 0 3 * * * # Runs every day at 3 AM
0 3 * * *
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### 2. Implement Error Handling ### 2. Implement Error Handling
- Create a separate **Error Workflow**. - Create **Error Workflow**:
- Add a **Start on Error** trigger. - Start on Error Trigger
- Connect it to a **Slack/Email Node**: - Slack/Email Node:
```
The Daily Sales Analysis workflow failed. Please check the logs. The Daily Sales Analysis workflow failed. Please check the logs.
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### 3. Clean Up and Document ### 3. Clean Up and Document
- Rename all nodes descriptively: - Rename nodes descriptively:
- `Fetch Shopify Orders` - `Fetch Shopify Orders`
- `Analyze Sentiment in Python` - `Analyze Sentiment in Python`
- `Send Daily Slack Report` - `Send Daily Slack Report`
- Add **comments** inside your Python code. - Add **comments** in Python code.
- Use **Sticky Notes** in n8n to explain logic visually. - Use **Sticky Notes** in n8n to explain logic visually.
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### 4. Final Test ### 4. Final Test
- Deactivate → Review → Activate. - Deactivate → Check → Activate.
- Monitor the first scheduled run end-to-end. - Monitor first automated run.
- Validate data accuracy and notification triggers. - Verify data, summary, and alerts.
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## ✅ Deliverable ## ✅ Deliverable
A **fully automated**, **scheduled**, and **monitored** workflow that: - Fully automated, scheduled workflow.
- Runs daily at a fixed time. - Generates daily reports and alerts.
- Generates and distributes reports. - Sends failure notifications if workflow breaks.
- Sends alerts for anomalies. - Ready for production deployment.
- Notifies the team on failure.
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## 💡 Solution
- Workflow runs independently every day.
- Reports, alerts, and error notifications are fully automated.