8. Enterprise features
N8n's enterprise features enhance workflow management by providing user access control, execution data storage, and secure credential management.
Advanced enterprise features for building n8n workflows
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👥 In this video, we look at essential enterprise features that enhance building advanced workflows, starting with user management that includes three user levels : Owner, Admin, and Member , each with varying levels of access .
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🔑 Owners have full control over users and workflows, but cannot transfer ownership , and can use credentials but cannot view sensitive information.
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📊 Admins have similar permissions, but cannot access the dashboard or manage the owner role , and members can only manage their own account and workflows .
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💾 The Run Data feature allows you to save specific fields, like order ID, so you can search across multiple runs more easily later.
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🌳 N8n leverages git-based source control to create multiple environments for development and production, allowing you to test changes without disrupting your live workflow .
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🔒 You can create and configure custom variables per environment to store values such as database paths , so that your workflows can reference the appropriate data depending on the environment.
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🔐 The External Secrets feature enhances security by storing important credentials in an external vault that can only be accessed when needed , and supports different credentials for different environments .
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📡 Finally, log streaming allows users to send events to logging tools for better monitoring and compliance, with the option to customize event types and targets .
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This video covers enterprise features and explains features that will help you build advanced workflows.
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First, let's cover user management: different user levels have different access to workflows and credentials.
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There are three types of user management available in your enterprise: Owner, Admin, and Member.
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Owner has all permissions, but cannot read credential information, only share it.
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Admin cannot manage the Owner role, and Member performs basic user roles.
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Ability to save execution data: Makes it easy to find specific execution records.
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Use Execution Data Nodes to store specific keys (e.g. Order ID) for later retrieval.
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N8n supports Git-based source control, enabling management of multiple environments.
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Separate development and production environments to ensure stability even when workflows are updated or changed.
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User-defined variables store values for each environment and can be reused.
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When the same workflow is used in multiple environments, variables appropriate to the environment can be retrieved.
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Support for storing credentials in an external Vault via an external secret store and retrieving them only when needed.
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Separate credentials for multiple environments can be used with a secrets management solution like HashiCorp Vault.
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Log streaming: Send n8n events to external logging tools for monitoring.
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You can set destinations such as webhooks, Sentry, and CIS logs, and send various event types.
Example of storing execution data: storing a specific Order ID, so that you can easily find that data in the execution history.
