Automated Monitoring & Data CollectionPurpose
1.2. Centralizes sensor, IoT, or manual log data collected across farms into recurring, formatted email reports to improve traceability, communication, and actionable intelligence for farm management, regulators, or investors.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Farm metric thresholds: e.g., if dissolved oxygen drops below 5 mg/L, report is expedited.
2.3. Data upload events: generation triggered post-synchronization or after manual field entry.
2.4. Manual initiation: admin triggers ad hoc report through dashboard or command.
Platform Variants
3.1. Google Workspace (Gmail API)
• Feature/Setting: Use `users.messages.send` endpoint to email farm summary PDF/CSV; configure OAuth credentials and set CRON-style trigger via Google Apps Script.
3.2. Microsoft 365 (Graph API)
• Feature/Setting: `/sendMail` endpoint via Application permissions, schedule with Azure Logic Apps; configure Dynamic content insertion for metric data.
3.3. Amazon SES
• Feature/Setting: `SendEmail` API; Python/Boto3 Lambda for aggregation; schedule with CloudWatch Events Rule.
3.4. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: `Mail Send` (v3 Mail Send API); configure dynamic templates; scheduled job with included API token.
3.5. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: `/messages` API endpoint; use scheduled job (e.g., CRON on EC2 or serverless with Lambda).
3.6. SMTP (generic)
• Feature/Setting: Schedule script using `smtplib` (Python) or equivalent, connect to SMTP server, send formatted email attachment.
3.7. Zoho Mail
• Feature/Setting: Use Zoho Mail API `/accounts/{accountId}/messages`; create workflow to trigger at set intervals.
3.8. Outlook Desktop Automation
• Feature/Setting: Use VBA macro scheduled with Windows Task Scheduler for report delivery.
3.9. Slack (via Email Integration)
• Feature/Setting: Configure "Send Email to Slack channel"; reports delivered as attachments.
3.10. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Use Workflows to trigger notification emails, include data via custom properties.
3.11. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Process Builder/Flows to auto-generate & email reports based on scheduled jobs.
3.12. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automations trigger at set times to send data snapshot through “Send email” action.
3.13. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Uses “Schedule” + “Email by Zapier”; map metric data from spreadsheet or database.
3.14. Integromat (now Make)
• Feature/Setting: Schedule module + “Send an Email” module; gather and format report data.
3.15. Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)
• Feature/Setting: SMTP API or Transactional Email API; use schedule trigger and dynamic template tags for metrics.
3.16. Mandrill by Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: `messages/send-template` API; schedule server-side job for recurring sends.
3.17. ActiveCampaign
• Feature/Setting: “Automations” to schedule and send recurring emails with dynamic content sections.
3.18. PagerDuty (limited to email notification)
• Feature/Setting: Use email trigger for scheduled or threshold-based alerts as metric digests.
3.19. Netlify Functions
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Lambda (cron) function creates summary report, emails via 3rd-party SMTP.
3.20. Pabbly Connect
• Feature/Setting: Trigger at interval, collect farm data, use inbuilt “Send Email” action.
3.21. Freshdesk (as stakeholder notification)
• Feature/Setting: Scenario automation triggers email with attached or linked metrics.
3.22. Rasa X (for conversational report access)
• Feature/Setting: Automated response via email channel integration, triggered by farm reporting request.
Benefits
4.2. Boosts compliance and transparency with auditable, time-stamped digital trail of farm health and output.
4.3. Reduces manual labour and human error in periodic reporting tasks.
4.4. Enables proactive responses to critical metric changes and strengthens communication with investors, partners, or regulators.