Building Reliable Pipeline Automation with the ShotGrid Event Daemon
Stop relying on fragile webhooks for pipeline automation. Learn how the ShotGrid Event Daemon uses local state and retry semantics to guarantee event delivery.
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pythonUsing ShotGrid Custom Entities to Track Proprietary R&D Assets
Learn how to model research notes as a first‑class ShotGrid entity, query them via the API, and keep permissions and versioning without external spreadsheets.
Diagnosing ShotGrid API Throttling: Rate Limits, N+1 Queries, and the Fixes That Actually Work
ShotGrid tools failing with 429s during busy hours is usually self-inflicted: N+1 linked-entity fetches and polling loops. Here's how to diagnose it and fix it with dot-notation fields, batch calls, and webhooks.
Automatically Set Task Status to Review Pending When a ShotGrid Publish Is Approved
Learn how to configure a ShotGrid Event Daemon listener to change a linked Task’s status to 'Review Pending' as soon as a Publish is marked approved, with a working config, Python callback, limits, and verification steps.
Custom Entity Schemas in ShotGrid: Tailoring Pipelines Without Code
Learn how ShotGrid’s custom entity schema lets you add bespoke fields to assets, shots, or custom entities, drive new API endpoints, and keep your pipeline flexible. A step‑by‑step example shows adding a ‘Story Beat’ list field to shots and querying it via shotgrid3.
Stop Pulling Full ShotGrid Records: Field Selection and Pagination Patterns That Actually Scale
Slow ShotGrid scripts usually aren't a data-volume problem — they're over-fetching fields and paginating on defaults. Here's how field selection, dot-notation traversal, and deliberate pagination fix that.
Automating ShotGrid Version Approval Notifications with the Event Daemon
Use ShotGrid's Event Daemon to push instant approval emails to artists the moment a version status flips to Approved — cutting manual check-ins and keeping downstream tasks moving.
Build Custom Task Pipelines in Shotgrid: A Practical Guide for Asset Tracking
Learn how to build custom task pipelines in Shotgrid that standardize asset creation workflows. This guide covers adding custom fields, creating task templates, and verifying your setup works correctly.
Diagnosing Missing or Stale Thumbnails on ShotGrid Version Entities (On-Premise)
On-premise ShotGrid Versions stuck with placeholder thumbnails? A diagnostic guide that isolates whether the fault is storage access, the event daemon, the thumbnail generator, or the media itself.