Variable length arrays in Flow Designer Outputs

[BobPaterno]

I have a script that generates an array of requests.  Each time the script runs, there may be a different number of requests (meaning the length of the array varies).

In Flow Designer, I cannot figure out how to account for variable length arrays since defining an output as Array:String asks for child elements.

My output object from the script is as follows,

output = {

  count: <int>,

  earliestDate: <date>,

  scRequestList: [<array of strings>]

In Flow Designer, how do I define the output string array if the length of the array can vary?  I've attached a JPEG of the current state of my script's output variables setup.

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[Andrew Albury-D]

Hey Bob,

What you have set up there looks right. When you define an "Array.<something>" as a variable in Flow Designer it should account for any number of strings, passed in as an array. I have used this myself as an input to an action and it's worked well.

Without actually seeing your code, I feel you may have a syntax issue. When you set up Output Variables in a Script Step, you need to pass them out as "outputs.variableName" which in your case, is "outputs.request". 

Here's an example:

var reqOut = {};
reqOut.earliestDate = new GlideDateTime();
reqOut.count = 3;
reqOut.scRequestList = [];
reqOut.scRequestList.push("Hello 1");
reqOut.scRequestList.push("Hello 2");
reqOut.scRequestList.push("Hello 3");

outputs.request = reqOut;

Then, once you have that data-dot in your flow, you can drop it into a "For Each" flow logic step, and access each string in the array. 

I hope this helps,

Andrew