Action Panel

The Action Panel lets you manage blocked Flows, Journeys, and data refreshes. When these items enter a "review" state, downstream syncing halts until you take action.

Flows in Review

Common Flow Errors

ErrorConsideration
Flow attempting to add X contacts exceeding maximum allowance YSimon uses thresholds (default 30,000) to protect accounts from unexpected contact spikes caused by data integrity issues. You can approve or reject and investigate.
Flow attempting to remove X contacts exceeding maximum allowance YSimilar protection against unexpected drops in contact volume.
Flow has never been empty before but would be after removing X contactsAppears when a segment has no contacts to message. Verify your segment parameters before approving. Approval allows the flow to continue without alerts on future empty occurrences.

Thresholds

Flow thresholds protect accounts from unexpected contact volume changes caused by upstream data integrity problems. If you are an account admin, you can manage this threshold via:

  1. Navigate to SettingsAdmin Center
  2. Under Campaigns, click on Safety Settings
  3. Modify the threshold and reject timeline.

Upstream Data Issues

To investigate unusual segment size changes:

  • Review each filter within the segment to assess whether the change makes logical sense
  • Check the flow's performance tab for historical metrics indicating normal variance
  • Examine underlying datasets and fields for schema changes

Approve or Reject Flows & Journeys

  1. Navigate to Alerts & StatusAction Panel
  2. Click the Flows tab
  3. Review the flow details, segment information, and error messages
  4. Click Approve to continue or Reject to halt

Approve overrides the threshold violation and allows the flow to proceed as planned. This does not change the threshold itself.

Reject prevents the flow from continuing without deleting the flow or its segments. Flows may return to the panel with new issues.

Automatic Resolution

Flows awaiting manual review automatically reject after 16 hours without user action. The flow becomes ready for its next scheduled run. If thresholds remain exceeded, alerts reappear; otherwise, the flow proceeds as scheduled.

Journeys in Review

Common Journey Errors

ErrorConsideration
Segment membership dropped to zeroReview recent segment logic changes. Approving prevents future errors if the segment stays at zero; additional errors occur if the segment rises above zero then drops again.
X new contacts added to segment exceeding maximum allowance XHigh contact volume is possible, but exceeding configured thresholds suggests reviewing segment logic to avoid over-messaging.

Approve or Reject Journeys

  1. Open the Action Panel and click the Journeys tab
  2. Review journey details, segment information, and error messages
  3. Click Approve to continue or Reject to halt

Approve proceeds with the journey despite the abnormality. This does not change the threshold.

Reject pauses the journey. You can modify thresholds or segment definitions before the next run to potentially avoid future errors.


Additional Notes

  • Flows and journeys remain visible in the Action Panel for 24 hours after approval or rejection
  • A pink indicator dot with a count appears when items require review, combining flows and datasets
  • Click a flow or journey name to view full details, or click a segment name to inspect the segment criteria

Notifications

Alerts for Action Panel events can be delivered via Slack and email. When an error occurs, Slack messages appear in your configured channels. Alerts also appear in Alert History and the Action Panel itself.

To configure which alerts you receive and via which channels, navigate to Alerts & StatusAlert Preferences.