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title: "getAutomation"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/JCLI/526911068/getAutomation"
format: markdown
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> Macro (aura-html)

See also: [Actions](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70787366)

> Macro (details)
> 
> | **Description** | Get information for an automations specified by name or directory or both. An automation is a directory containing a 'automation.yaml' description and optional ACLI script files or related resources. |
> | --- | --- |
> | **Required Parameters** | [name](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70784183) or [directory](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/527172776) |
> | **Optional Parameters** | [regex](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70789814), [columns](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70784781), [select](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70790299), [options](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70784233), [outputType](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70784259), [file](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70784297), [append](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70790085), [encoding](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70785169), [channel](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70787241) |
> | **Type** | [Get](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70780909/Action+Types#ActionTypes-Get) |
> | **Category** | [Automations](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JCLI/pages/70780591/Action+Categories#ActionCategories-Automations) |
> | **Output Formats** |  |
> | **Replacement Variables** | automationName, automationDirectory, automationLocation |
> | **Hosting** |  |
> | **Since Version** | 11.1 |
> | **Examples** |  |

## Related How To's

> Macro (cql-query)