In a workflow, how to pass data to and from a subflow?

[Michael Butak1]

Hello,

I am trying to call a subflow from a parent workflow.  I am having issues both passing variables TO the subflow and returning variables FROM the subflow.  

Passing variables TO the subflow:
I have created an input with column name "u_requested_for_company", but I have not discovered how to actually pass a value from the parent workflow to that input.  (it might be a permissions issue because I don't see any fields when I add a subflow in the workflow editor:
)

Also, I have return values in the subflow (returning either "Approved" or "Cancelled") but in the conditions for the activity calling that subflow, I don't know how to access "Approved" correctly.  For example, activity.result == "Approved" doesn't evaluate to true if the subflow returns "Approved."  

Thank you.

[Allen Andreas · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Please refer to documentation for passing variables to a subflow: https://docs.servicenow.com/en-US/bundle/sandiego-servicenow-platform/page/administer/workflow-activ...

Passing a value from subflow back to parent via: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/sandiego-servicenow-platform/page/administer/workflow-activities/...

Please refer to the above and then let us know where specifically you may be having trouble. Please embed screenshots as well.

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