Action Log and Preview
Use the action log as an authoring reference and preview automation changes before keeping them.
Action log records supported canvas actions as Lua comments. It does not capture command payloads or create a replayable automation. Preview is a separate operation: it runs an existing automation locally so you can inspect the result before applying it.
Start an action log
Open an automation and choose Action log. Perform the supported canvas actions you want to note, then stop logging. The log records descriptions as comments; navigation and actions without supported log metadata may not appear.
Use the comments as a reference
Inspect the captured log when authoring a real script with documented API methods. Copying or saving those comments does not make them executable. Use Help for the API calls and inputs needed to implement the operation.
Preview an existing automation
Set its parameters and choose Preview. Inspect the canvas, output and result before deciding. Preview is temporary; Run executes directly instead.
Apply or cancel
Choose Apply to keep the preview. Cancel attempts to revert it. If other changes happened after the preview, cancellation may refuse to undo it safely: the app reports that the preview changes remain and directs you to Undo. Check that message and the canvas rather than assuming cancellation removed everything.
Avoid overlapping edits
While deciding about a preview, finish that decision before making unrelated edits. If the result is wrong, correct the script or parameters and preview again. The action log is not a substitute for this test.