Hello Community!
So I did some futz'ing around and I believe I figured out a way to get data (as a String) as an Output to pass to further Actions in the Flow Designer! It's not the best scenario, but at least it's something! 🙂
Here's what I did:
- I noticed that on the right side of the screen, where the variables for each Step are listed, that there already were three variables set:
- I figured that these variables are already plugged into particular output streams, like standard output and standard error (I'm not really up on my Windows output streams).
- Assuming this, then maybe any output normally written to the screen would appear in the Output variable. Here are the steps that I used to test this theory:
- I wrote this code as a test: Write-Host "TESTING OUTPUT FOR POWERSHELL ACTION"
- Then, I clicked on Outputs on the left, and created an Output variable named data.
- Then I mapped the data variable, using the Data Pill Picker, to the PowerShell Step's Output variable.
- Profit! 😄
- I set the Output variable to be a String because it was the logical choice if it is being sent all of the characters that are going to the screen, but you can probably tinker around with that and see if you can get other data types to work.
- To get multiple strings as output, just separate the output using a delimiter, and then parse the string on the other side.
This fulfilled my needs a the moment, so I didn't go any further, but I'm sure there will be a day where I'll need more, like a File to be passed to the next Action to attach to a record.
~Michael Zgleszewski
