Overview

Focus: Understand how 5X Jobs automates your data workflows with visual pipeline building, flexible scheduling, and comprehensive monitoring. 5X Jobs is a visual workflow automation platform that automates your data workflows through drag-and-drop pipeline building. Create complex data pipelines with triggers, tasks, and dependencies - all managed through an intuitive no-code interface that handles scheduling, monitoring, and execution automatically.

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Key capabilities

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Visual workflow builder

Create complex data pipelines using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface:

• Trigger nodes - Start workflows with manual, scheduled, webhook, or pull request triggers
• Task nodes - Execute data ingestion, dbt modeling, custom Python code, or parallel jobs
• Dependency management - Define execution order and parallel processing with visual connections
• Real-time preview - See your pipeline structure and flow before execution

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Flexible scheduling options

Choose how your jobs are triggered based on your workflow needs:

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Comprehensive task automation

Execute different types of work within your pipelines: Data ingestion:

• Use the same 600+ connectors available in 5X Ingestion
• Seamlessly integrate data collection into your workflows
• Automatic dependency management with other pipeline steps

dbt modeling:

• Execute dbt runs with configurable commands and parameters
• Support for multiple repositories and branches
• Integration with dbt documentation generation
• Deferral support for comparing changes across environments

Custom Python code:

• Run Python scripts from GitHub repositories
• Support for Python versions 3.8.19 through 3.12.4
• Dependency management with requirements files
• Environment variable and secret injection

Parallel job execution:

• Execute other jobs as sub-workflows
• Enable complex pipeline orchestration and reuse
• Hierarchical job management across your workspace

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Real-time monitoring and management

Track job execution with comprehensive visibility:

• Job run history - View all past executions with status, duration, and resource usage
• Real-time status - Monitor active jobs with live updates
• Detailed logs - Access execution logs for debugging and troubleshooting
• Performance metrics - Track compute usage, execution time, and resource consumption
• Draft management - Develop and test changes before publishing to production

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Intelligent alerting system

Stay informed about your job execution with comprehensive notifications:

• Success/failure alerts - Get notified when jobs complete or fail
• Multiple channels - Email and Slack integration
• Granular control - Set alerts at job level or workspace level
• Real-time delivery - Immediate notifications for critical events

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Environment and resource management

Run jobs across different environments with proper isolation:

• Environment configuration - Define separate environments for development, staging, and production
• App connection integration - Link environments to specific warehouse connections
• Environment variables - Manage secrets and configuration across environments
• Compute profiles - Configure resource allocation per job execution
• Concurrent execution control - Limit parallel job runs to manage resource usage

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Getting started

Ready to automate your first data workflow? Here’s how to get started:

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