Workflow - running workflows without using alters.

Kathy_Zyn
Kathy_Zyn Member
in Workflows

Is there a way to run the workflow without using alerts? Currently, the workflows I have run great, but I have to link them to alerts. Alerts limit me to just three options:

  1. When value is created
  2. When value changes
  3. When value is deleted

If I just want to run the code, there is no option (or I can't find it) for that scenario. Please advise.

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  • DanHendriksen
    DanHendriksen Domo Employee

    You can have a schedule start (run every morning at 9am, for example) or you can have any external trigger. A button on a dashboard, you going a pressing "start" on the workflow, etc…

    You can go to your alert driven workflow, and just hit the play button.

  • Kathy_Zyn
    Kathy_Zyn Member

    Thanks. If I just execute the workflow it asks for the input, where it should not as my workflow loops and goes through the process on it's own when ran via alert.

  • DanHendriksen
    DanHendriksen Domo Employee
    Answer ✓
    https://community-forums.domo.com/main/discussion/comment/90498#Comment_90498

    That's because your workflow is configured with a required start parameter. If you want the workflow to go get the parameters on it's own, you'll need a version of the workflow that doesn't have a required start parameter, but has an added task to to query a dataset (or something) to get the list of items you want it to take action on.

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