Records made through API don't execute bots in parallel

[MultiTech]

If you create a set of records through the API, and those records kick off automations when a new record is made (in the table that the API is creating records in)...

• The bots DO NOT run in parallel - instead they seem to run one by one

Which completely negates the benefit of running through automation.

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Let's consider a scenario:

• We're creating 100 records
• Each record kicks off a bot that runs a script that takes 15 seconds to run

If this were to run in parallel (with an enterprise license with a degree of parallelizm of 10):

• 100 x 15 seconds = 1,500 seconds
• 1,500 / 10 processing paths = 150 seconds
• 150 / 60 = 2.5 minutes

But since things run one by one, each one waiting for the full completion of the previous row before it will kick off the next bot run.....

• 100 x 15 Second = 1,500 second
• 1,500 / 60 = 25 minutes

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You can see why parallel processing is so important.

• Now consider if I'm making 1,397 records:
  • 1397 * 15 = 20,970 seconds
  • 20,970 / 60 = 349.5 minutes
  • 349.5 / 60 = 5.825 hours

(Note exactly a direct comparison; but you get the point)

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I would hope that things would process in parallel since the records were made through the API.