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Data feeds, actions and Studio apps all work the same way: you build in a draft, and nothing goes live until you publish.

Draft and published

The bar at the bottom of each editor shows which state you’re looking at, with a Draft / Published switch, when it was last saved (for example “Draft saved 1 minute ago”), and the Publish button. More options are in the menu next to Publish. For apps, that’s where Unpublish is. After you publish, the bar reads Published moments ago. The Publish button is greyed out until there’s a newer draft to publish.

What publishing does

Before a feed is published, Dimension asks you to review its schema.Publish CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Schema dialog: Review the schema below before publishing. The AI only receives these example values, not actual data. You can modify or anonymize them before publishing. A list of fields with their type and an example value, with Cancel and Save and Publish buttonsThe dialog lists every field with its type and one example value. These example values are all the AI sees about the feed’s data, not the real records. Change or anonymise any example that shouldn’t be shared, then click Save and Publish.Once published, the feed:
  • Runs for the first time. The status at the top right shows Starting, then Completed, with when the next fetch is due if it runs on a schedule.
  • Can be added to Studio apps as a data source.
Every publish is recorded in the audit log: Published Data Feed, Published Dimension Action or Published App, with who did it and when.

Testing before you publish

  • Data feeds: use Test in the editor to check the response before you publish.
  • Actions: use Test with sample values. The request really is sent, so point webhooks at a test endpoint while you build.
  • Apps: buttons in the Studio preview that run actions really run them, after you approve.

Going back

To undo changes to an app’s draft, use Restore checkpoint in the Composer chat. See Inspect & iterate.

See also

Approving actions

What happens when an app runs an action.

Workspaces

Who can see what you publish.