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Whether it’s automating the process of gathering data from multiple applications and sending it to various teams or tracking user activity, there has always been a way to use the SnapLogic Intelligent Integration Platform to make work more efficient. As the administrator for our 30-day free trial and the SnapLogic Fast Data Loader, I use SnapLogic the most for automating user onboarding. Fast Data Loader is an application built on top of the SnapLogic platform that uses the same Intelligent Integration Platform to deliver its user interface and run the pipelines behind it, so we want to make sure those users are seeing the Fast Data Loader UI and are in the correct project space to be able to run the pipeline behind it. The core pipeline looks something like this: With this pipeline, we take the information supplied by the user on the signup form, create that user with the settings as needed, create their project within the specified project space, and add them to a particular group so they will have the correct permissions to run the pipelines behind Fast Data Loader.

Last year we launched our vision for the Enterprise, inspired by the amazing work our customers are doing, where intelligent, multi-function data and application integration, and intuitive useability for both IT and lines of business users, come together to deliver significant productivity and agility impacts. As organizations step up their automation game, moving from isolated one-off projects to a flexible and robust enterprise-wide strategy, they’re honing in on the platforms and technologies that will enable them to truly achieve automation at scale. An AI-enabled, low-code platform that can be used by both IT and lines of business and is fully equipped to handle the gamut of complex automation requirements, including app integration (iPaaS), data integration (including ELT/ETL), workflow, and business process management, API management, AI/MLOps, and yes, can easily connect to important endpoints including RPA. Through our focus on powerful, enterprise-grade capabilities and ease-of-use, we see other pioneers of enterprise automation like T. Rowe Price, AstraZeneca, Adobe, Pitney Bowes, and other Global 1000 companies empower thousands of SnapLogic users to build their own integrations, automate processes, and accelerate business results.

Here’s a closer look: Low entry cost – you can get started for a small upfront fee Assurance that you won’t be paying for what you don’t use Flexibility for situations where you really don’t expect to be moving large amounts of data or connecting many apps, in the near future Ability to scale up as your needs grow (for higher fees) Makes it nearly impossible to predict an ongoing budget Higher long-term costs that keep going up as business scales Consumption pricing feels great in the beginning but can become a nightmare when your business scales and you get unexpectedly high bills from your iPaaS vendor. Set rate stays the same no matter how much your usage changes CFOs have solid fixed costs for confident budget planning and strategic decisions Unleashes innovation as developers can create solutions without having to worry about integration costs Makes scaling and going to market faster and easier Fixed-priced vendor costs will be clear upfront and since you pay for unlimited usage, you won’t need to run various scenarios.

Continuous integration is a software development practice where developers regularly and frequently merge their code changes into a central repository, after which automated builds and tests are run​. Continuous integration (CI from here on) most often refers to the build or integration stage of the software release process​, which entails both an automation component (e.g., a CI or build service) and a cultural component (e.g., learning to integrate frequently.)​ CBG’s CI/CD approach for SnapLogic leverages the SnapLogic Metadata Snap in pipelines dedicated to CI/CD activities, which allows developers to build and customize pipelines to pull one, some, or all of any metadata category type for their CI/CD needs. Our engineering teams further benefit from existing source control systems (like GitHub) and existing build/deploy automation systems (like GitHub Actions) to work with the SnapLogic components. Currently, our CI/CD flows cover two scenarios: one for pull requests in GitHub that is intended to validate and test SnapLogic pipelines before they’re integrated into develop or main branches, and another for when there is a push/merge event in GitHub to develop or main branches.