topic Workflows access data from another workflow step in Automations

Workflows access data from another workflow step

vitz — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:19:22 GMT

Hi folks,

I need help in writing some JS code for a workflow.

In a previous step i have a HTTP API request the pulls data and returns the payload in JSON. the step name is "sn_step1"

{

"result": [

{

"state": "test_state_1",

"number": "1234567",

"end_date": "2025-02-28 09:12:19",

"start_date": "2025-02-27 09:30:15",

"short_description": "Test 1"

{

"state": "test_state_2",

"number": "1234567",

"end_date": "2025-02-28 09:12:19",

"start_date": "2025-02-27 09:30:15",

"short_description": "Test 2"

}

]

}

I need to use number, start_date, end_date values in variables in a downstream step.

Sample code

// import of sdk modules
import { execution } from '@dynatrace-sdk/automation-utils';

export default async function ({ execution_id }) {
const exe = await execution(execution_id);
const checkResult = await exe.result('sn_step1');

const Scope = data[0].json.scope;
return Scope;

console.log(Scope);

im just trying to log the output in this step to see if i can pull in the json output from previous step

Re: Workflows access data from another workflow step

ChristopherHejl — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:50:39 GMT

Almost there. You now have the result data in "checkResult". Here is my example code based on your data. I've also attached the whole example workflow which you can upload in the workflows app (upload button next to create workflow, just upload the json file in the zip):

import { execution } from '@dynatrace-sdk/automation-utils'; export default async function ({ executionId }) { const exe = await execution(executionId); const checkResult = await exe.result('sn_step1'); console.log("This is the full result object") console.log(checkResult) console.log("===============================") const firstItem = checkResult[0] console.log("This is the first item of the list") console.log(firstItem) console.log("===============================") console.log("This is the number of the first item of the list") console.log(firstItem.number) console.log("===============================") }

Re: Workflows access data from another workflow step

vitz — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:07:13 GMT

Thanks this is what I was looking for