I have noticed that some of the recipes available have some configuration parameters available at the bottom of the recipes. How do you set these up?
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Adam Goh
said
almost 7 years ago
Configuration parameters are useful when you run complicated recipes that you do not wish others to touch the logic on. It's like having switches on a complicated curcuit. Allowing choices to be made without messing around with the recipe.
Setting Configurations parameters up are fairly simple, and be summarized as follows :
When you are on the recipe page, press on the shortcut on your keyboard: CTRL + SHIFT + P
The parameter window will now show up at the bottom of your page.
In the box, you may fillup the parameter set up. Feel free to click on show example for some of the types of parameters you can create. From text fields to dates and even lists, these examples should guide you ample to go through your customization.
Structure wise, there are a few requirements for the config parameters to be set correctly. In general, it should follows this sample
The whole schema starts with an opening square bracket as well as a close one, and each field is enclosed in curly brackets.
Once you have created a config parameter in your field, you can easily find those data pills in the Properties section in the App Data
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Adam Goh
said
almost 7 years ago
Configuration parameters are useful when you run complicated recipes that you do not wish others to touch the logic on. It's like having switches on a complicated curcuit. Allowing choices to be made without messing around with the recipe.
Setting Configurations parameters up are fairly simple, and be summarized as follows :
When you are on the recipe page, press on the shortcut on your keyboard: CTRL + SHIFT + P
The parameter window will now show up at the bottom of your page.
In the box, you may fillup the parameter set up. Feel free to click on show example for some of the types of parameters you can create. From text fields to dates and even lists, these examples should guide you ample to go through your customization.
Structure wise, there are a few requirements for the config parameters to be set correctly. In general, it should follows this sample
The whole schema starts with an opening square bracket as well as a close one, and each field is enclosed in curly brackets.
Once you have created a config parameter in your field, you can easily find those data pills in the Properties section in the App Data
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The Australia Cambodia Foundation Inc
said
almost 7 years ago
Thanks Adam. Is that documented anywhere? I couldn't find any reference to it. What other goodies are there hidden away?
Adam Goh
said
almost 7 years ago
We currently do not document this, as it is still in an early test stages. Requiring users to "code" in order to have parameters is still not be the best user experience, so we're still working on it.
Most of the Workato-only Good stuffs are either application specifics, or under the "Utilities" action. Another that you may want to check out is our HTTP action, which allows you to connect to any REST-based API that your company uses!
Do chat us up on our live chat, or post more any interesting ideas you have for your company, and we are more than happy to divulge more "secrets" to automation success with you :)
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Mark
said
about 6 years ago
Can we create a drop down list in the config schema? If so how do we do this?
Amanda Wong
said
almost 6 years ago
Hi Mark, I believe we have responded to you regarding your question but I'll share the response here for the others to benefit :)
You can create a picklist field type in the Configuration schema.
In a recipe, use keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Shift+P to reveal the configuration parameter setup
The schema should be entered in JSON format. Examples are provided to guide you on how to do this
The Australia Cambodia Foundation Inc
How to set configuration parameters in recipes?
Configuration parameters are useful when you run complicated recipes that you do not wish others to touch the logic on. It's like having switches on a complicated curcuit. Allowing choices to be made without messing around with the recipe.
Setting Configurations parameters up are fairly simple, and be summarized as follows :
When you are on the recipe page, press on the shortcut on your keyboard: CTRL + SHIFT + P
The parameter window will now show up at the bottom of your page.
In the box, you may fillup the parameter set up. Feel free to click on show example for some of the types of parameters you can create. From text fields to dates and even lists, these examples should guide you ample to go through your customization.
Structure wise, there are a few requirements for the config parameters to be set correctly. In general, it should follows this sample
[ { "label": "Status", "name": "status", "type": "string", "control_type": "text", "hint": "new/completed etc" } ]The whole schema starts with an opening square bracket as well as a close one, and each field is enclosed in curly brackets.
Once you have created a config parameter in your field, you can easily find those data pills in the Properties section in the App Data
Adam Goh
Configuration parameters are useful when you run complicated recipes that you do not wish others to touch the logic on. It's like having switches on a complicated curcuit. Allowing choices to be made without messing around with the recipe.
Setting Configurations parameters up are fairly simple, and be summarized as follows :
When you are on the recipe page, press on the shortcut on your keyboard: CTRL + SHIFT + P
The parameter window will now show up at the bottom of your page.
In the box, you may fillup the parameter set up. Feel free to click on show example for some of the types of parameters you can create. From text fields to dates and even lists, these examples should guide you ample to go through your customization.
Structure wise, there are a few requirements for the config parameters to be set correctly. In general, it should follows this sample
[ { "label": "Status", "name": "status", "type": "string", "control_type": "text", "hint": "new/completed etc" } ]The whole schema starts with an opening square bracket as well as a close one, and each field is enclosed in curly brackets.
Once you have created a config parameter in your field, you can easily find those data pills in the Properties section in the App Data
1 person likes this
The Australia Cambodia Foundation Inc
Adam Goh
We currently do not document this, as it is still in an early test stages. Requiring users to "code" in order to have parameters is still not be the best user experience, so we're still working on it.
Most of the Workato-only Good stuffs are either application specifics, or under the "Utilities" action. Another that you may want to check out is our HTTP action, which allows you to connect to any REST-based API that your company uses!
Do chat us up on our live chat, or post more any interesting ideas you have for your company, and we are more than happy to divulge more "secrets" to automation success with you :)
Mark
Can we create a drop down list in the config schema? If so how do we do this?
Amanda Wong
Hi Mark, I believe we have responded to you regarding your question but I'll share the response here for the others to benefit :)
You can create a picklist field type in the Configuration schema.
Schema entry:
[ { "label": "Gender", "name": "gender", "type": "string", "control_type": "select", "optional": true, "pick_list": [ ["Male", "M"], ["Female", "F"] ] } ]3 people like this