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Prefect Cloud

Product information "Prefect Cloud"

Prefect is an open-source workflow management system designed to orchestrate data pipelines in Python. This integration provides the capability to trigger from UAC a Prefect Flow Run and monitor its execution providing useful metadata.

Key Features

  • Launch flow run on Prefect Cloud.
  • Monitor execution of a flow run.
  • Support for Authorization towards a Prefect API using Bearer Token with account key.
  • Display of flow run metadata.

What's New

Enhancements
  • Added: Improving Python compatibility with future Agent versions.
  • Added: Environment variable UE_HTTP_TIMEOUT for setting up timeout for requests.
Extension Name: ue-prefect
Universal Template Name: Prefect
Version: 1.1.0
Vendor: Prefect
Type: Free
Compatibility : UC/UA 7.6 and above
Support: Stonebranch Certified

Use Case : Prefect Cloud Flow Orchestration with Rich Email Notifications

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Description

This workflow demonstrates seamless Prefect Cloud integration by launching flow runs, monitoring execution status, and delivering rich HTML email notifications with comprehensive execution details. The solution showcases interoperability between extensions, combining Prefect Cloud flow orchestration with UAC Utility Email capabilities to transform raw execution data into user-friendly, actionable notifications

Business Value

  • Eliminate manual Prefect Cloud flow monitoring overhead by automating flow run launching, execution tracking, and rich notification delivery in a single integrated workflow
  • Accelerate data pipeline incident response with detailed HTML email notifications containing comprehensive execution context, and failure diagnostics

Technical Capabilities

  • Complete Prefect Cloud flow lifecycle orchestration including programmatic flow run launching, real-time execution monitoring, and automated completion detection
  • Multi-extension interoperability demonstrating seamless integration between Prefect Cloud connectivity and UAC Utility Email capabilities within unified workflows
  • Rich HTML email notification system

This solution transforms Prefect Cloud flow execution into an intelligent, communication-rich automation system that combines data workflow execution with notification capabilities. By leveraging UAC's meta-orchestrator capabilities, the workflow demonstrates unified visibility and control across heterogeneous systems, allowing Prefect Cloud data pipelines, email communications, and workflow orchestration to be managed from a single pane of glass. This delivers comprehensive operational visibility and enhanced responsiveness through sophisticated result processing and presentation while showcasing UAC's ability to seamlessly coordinate diverse tasks and jobs across multiple platforms within one centralized automation framework.