Best Practices for modifying a Flow Designer Spoke?

[Joshua Morriset]

I have a use case where I need to get the queueID from a 'perform_build' action on the Jenkins Spoke. The reason behind this is, without it, I don't have a great way to ensure that the build I just submitted is going to be the one that I'm tracking throughout the rest of the flow (if more than one flow is running in tandem, I cannot just grab the last built job of the pipeline.

I need to make this change. I feel as though I can do this by modifying the Jenkins spoke, but I would like to know the recommended process. Is there somewhere I can go (I'm creating a similar HI ticket for this now) to request this enhancement?

If there isn't a specific place to request enhancements on spokes, what is the recommended process for editing a spoke action? Do I create a new custom spoke and then 'copy' the action over to it, and modify? Do I just navigate to that application in the application picker and edit away with no concerns? Will I need to make this change again every time the spoke gets updated/installed?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Best Regards,

Josh

[NIRANJAN S2]

Hi josh,

By copying the action, won't the copied action  be missed in future upgrades of the spoke?
I am also facing a similar kind of issue which needs a action present in the spoke to be modified by copying it.

[nick135]

Hi josh, 

I have a similar task on my hands. How does one navigate to and copy this spoke/action? 

[Joshua Morriset]

Hello Nick,

Just go to the Flow Designer app and open the action you want to clone. In the menu on the right side, you should be able to copy the action. Then you can ensure you are in the same spoke in the next menu before completing the creation of the new copied action.

Best Regards,

Josh