Use parallel actions

When you use parallel actions, it speeds up playbook execution by querying multiple products or running long actions at the same time. This reduces the wait time for enrichment information, letting analysts start an investigation sooner. Additionally, grouping parallel actions logically helps organize the playbook.

• You can't put a condition or a block in a parallel action.
• You can't use actions that have been set to manual.
• The parallel actions in each group run randomly in any order. This means you can't use placeholders of actions in the same group of parallel actions.
• You can choose to have individual Skip actions if a step failed for an individual action, within a group of parallel actions.
• You can double-click the top of a group of parallel actions, and change the name to help logically arrange the parallel action boxes in your playbook.

Increase the playbook's speed

To speed up the playbook, you can choose to run up to five actions at once.

Create a parallel action (option 1)

1. Drag an action from the Step selection on top of another existing action in the playbook.
2. Drop it on top of the action. It automatically displays one on top of the other in a Parallel Action container.
   

Create a parallel action (option 2)

1. Press and hold the Shift key to highlight an action. You can highlight up to five actions at a time using Shift + click. Alternatively, you can simultaneously highlight several actions by pressing and holding Shift + mouse to draw a rectangle around them.
2. Right-click any of the actions and choose Run in Parallel.
   

Create a parallel action (option 3)

1. Group two parallel actions together in a box, as you created in the previous two options.
2. Right-click a separate action and click Cut.
3. Place your cursor in the Parallel Action box and click Paste to add the action to the other parallel actions.

Delete one or more parallel actions (option 4)

1. Highlight one of the parallel actions in the box.
2. Right-click.
   
3. Right-click and select Delete step to delete the highlighted parallel action, or select Delete all steps to delete the entire group of parallel actions.