What is a Workflow Health Score?

A workflow health score is a single number, typically 0 to 100, that summarizes the overall risk and quality posture of an automation workflow. Higher is better. The score is calculated by running automated checks across the workflow file and applying weighted deductions for issues found.

What goes into a health score

Different tools weight factors differently. Flowcerta's health score deducts points across five categories: credential security, error handling completeness, selector fragility, documentation quality, and dependency complexity. A workflow with a hardcoded database password and no error handlers on its external calls will score significantly lower than one that stores credentials in Orchestrator Assets and wraps every external call in a Try/Catch.

Why a score is more useful than a findings list

A list of 23 issues is paralyzing. A score of 41 is actionable. CoE leads can use the score to decide which workflows need review first and which ones need a second validation pass before release. Health scores make governance a number your team can track, trend, and improve, rather than a gate they dread.

Version tracking

A health score snapshot at a point in time is informative. Health score trends over time are powerful. If a workflow's score drops from 78 to 52 between validations, something changed and it's worth knowing what. Flowcerta stores score history per validation so CoE leads can see when quality degraded and compare later runs.