topic Re: Calling another existing workflow from within my new workflow in Automations

Call another existing workflow from within a new workflow

AgataWlodarczyk — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:46:15 GMT

Can I call another existing workflow from within my new workflow?

Re: Calling another existing workflow from within my new workflow

michaelwinkler — Thu, 18 May 2023 07:31:33 GMT

Yes, triggering a workflow from within a workflow is possible, currently via the automation SDKs and APIs.

On the roadmap is the concept of sub-workflows which can be added as tasks.

Re: Calling another existing workflow from within my new workflow

Stephen1_Lee — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 20:23:29 GMT

HI.

Can you give an example of how a workflow could trigger another workflow?

Does some task workflow somehow call another one?

Thank you

Re: Calling another existing workflow from within my new workflow

michaelwinkler — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 10:23:00 GMT

Yes, currently you can use a workflow task like "HTTP request" (calling the workflow API) or "Run Javascript" (adding the Automation SDK).

On the roadmap we have the concept of subworkflows as well. We'll keep you posted.

Re: Calling another existing workflow from within my new workflow

lee-pritchard — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:10:37 GMT

Hi Steven,

I belive your looking for the following documentation to run via Javascript (https://developer.dynatrace.com/develop/sdks/client-automation/#runworkflow) and example of how to use this function would be:

import { workflowsClient } from "@dynatrace-sdk/client-automation";

const data = await workflowsClient.runWorkflow({
id: "...",
body: {},
});

where id is the UUID of the workflow you want to run

Re: Calling another existing workflow from within my new workflow

heramb_sawant — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:44:39 GMT

Hi Team,
I tried running above given snippet in javascript task of workflow but getting below error. Please help me on this.

An error of type UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION occurred in an imported library: 404: Not found.
at ActionExecutionsClient.getActionExecutionLog (file:///opt/sdk_modules/@dynatrace-sdk/client-automation/esm/index.js:388:17)
at eventLoopTick (ext:core/01_core.js:175:7)
at async default (file:///script.ts:13:3)

Re: Calling another existing workflow from within my new workflow

MarwanC — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:07:19 GMT

This works for me if you use this code, but there is still an issue that you need to wait until the workflow completes and poll for the output of the last task, If I have the solution for this I will post it, meanwhile here is the working code, when you run it you will code the output of the workflow that is in a running mode.

import { execution } from '@dynatrace-sdk/automation-utils';
import { workflowsClient } from "@dynatrace-sdk/client-automation";

export default async function () {
// Define the body with input parameters
const body = {
input: {
display_id: "PROBLEM-ID"
},
};

// Run the workflow with the defined body
const data = await workflowsClient.runWorkflow({
id: "f8888104-3105-464f-bd26-db404f8f73e8",
body: body,
});

console.log("Workflow run response:", data);
}