Feature release records for 2020

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Feature description

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Support for native timed scheduling

The native timed scheduling feature simplifies running flows on a schedule. Use this feature to generate reports, send notifications, and manage data pipelines. You can orchestrate multiple functions within a flow to implement flexible business logic.

2020-05-25

• Create a timed schedule

• Query a timed schedule

• Modify a timed schedule

• Delete a timed schedule

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Feature description

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Integration with Visual Intelligence Service

Directly use Visual Intelligence Service API calls as steps in a flow and pass the result data to subsequent steps.

2020-04-07

Integrate with Visual Intelligence Service

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Feature description

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Commercial release

To provide better services, Alibaba Cloud Serverless Workflow (formerly Function Flow or FnF) was made commercially available on March 10, 2020.

2020-03-10

Commercial release announcement

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Support for child flows

Child flows reduce workflow complexity. Break down a large flow into smaller, reusable flows. Place common steps in one flow and reuse it in other flows. This approach helps overcome the limitations of a single flow, such as the maximum number of events (default: 5,000) and the maximum running time (1 year). You can also handle faults for control steps. For example, convert parallel steps into a child flow and handle its execution faults in the main flow.

2020-02-29

Integrate with Serverless Workflow