Bypassing database automations

An apparatus for controlling execution of automations that are associated with a table in a database, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory configured to store a plurality of processes for managing the table, including at least a first process and a second process;
• and
• a processor configured:
• to define respective bypass flags in the automations,
• to receive one or more inputs indicating respective bypass settings for the plurality of processes for managing the table, including at least a first bypass setting for the first process and a second bypass setting, different from the first bypass setting for the second process,
• to load and initiate execution, from the memory, of each of the first and second processes for managing the table,
• responsively to initiation of the execution of each of the first and second processes, to compare the bypass flags to each of the first and second bypass settings so as to determine whether to permit or to bypass each given automation, and
• during the execution of the first and second processes, to allow the execution of the permitted automations and prevent execution of the bypassed automations including:
• during the execution of the first process, allowing the execution of a given automation having a given bypass flag that matches the first bypass setting;
• and
• during the execution of the second process, preventing the execution of the given automation when the given bypass flag does not match the second bypass setting.

A computer software product for controlling execution of automations that are associated with a table in a database, the product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, in which program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by a computer, cause the computer:

• to define respective bypass flags in the automations;
• to receive one or more inputs indicating respective bypass settings for a plurality of processes for managing the table, including at least a first bypass setting for a first process and a second bypass setting, different from the first bypass setting for a second process;
• to initiate execution of each of the first and second processes for managing the table;
• responsively to initiation of the execution of each of the first and second processes, to compare the bypass flags to each of the first and second bypass settings so as to determine whether to permit or to bypass each given automation;
• and
• during the execution of the first and second processes, to allow the execution of the permitted automations and to prevent execution of the bypassed automations including:
• during the execution of the first process, allowing the execution of a given automation having a given bypass flag that matches the first bypass setting;
• and
• during the execution of the second process, preventing the execution of the given automation when the given bypass flag does not match the second bypass setting.