Electronic device for supporting automation services

An electronic device comprising:

• a touch-sensitive display;
• a processor operatively connected to the display;
• and
• a memory operatively connected to the processor,
• wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to:
• providing, through the display, a registration screen for registering an automation in the electronic device, the automation being defined as at least one action automatically executed when a designated trigger occurs;
• register an action in the electronic device as a feature of the automation through the registration screen, the action being selected by a user;
• based on the action registered as the feature of the automation corresponding to a data reference action configured to refer to data, display guidance information for a data processing action, the data processing action being configured to output a result value by using, as a first input value, an output value output as a result of executing the data reference action;
• and
• provide, in response to a user input with respect to the guidance information, a list of candidates selectable as the data processing action, through the display,
• wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:
• identify a type of the output value from a specification of the data reference action;
• identify actions having an input value type corresponding to the output value type from a database in which specifications of actions are stored;
• configure the candidate list by using the specifications of the identified actions;
• and
• register an action selected by a user from the candidate list as the data processing action of the automation to be performed after the data reference action is performed.