Run several long tasks at once and combine the results automatically

Kicks off multiple time-consuming tasks in parallel, waits for all of them to finish, and pulls the results together.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Every path runs; all paths must finish before it continues.

Pattern: Parallel Split (2) ยท Synchronisation (3)

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Starts itA stepEvery pathWaits for allResultPayoff
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Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
API & Webhook Integration
Connects
Webhooks

The problem it solves

When you have several time-consuming jobs to run, like processing a batch of files or calling out to multiple systems, doing them one after another wastes time waiting. You want them running side by side and a single summary once everything is done, not a pile of separate results to stitch together yourself.

Who it fits

A business that needs to process batches of work simultaneously instead of one at a time, such as bulk data processing or multi-step approvals.

How it works

  1. A batch of work is kicked off
  2. The system launches each task to run at the same time
  3. It waits for every task to report back complete
  4. The results are merged into a single summary
What you get

Batches of work finished at the same time

You get multiple long-running tasks started together, tracked until every one finishes, and their results pulled into a single combined summary.

What you get

A single combined summary once every parallel task has finished.

What you need

An account on the workflow platform capable of running multiple linked processes.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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