Join items in collection
Use the Join items in collection action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to join the values of items in a collection A variable containing multiple items, such as email addresses. Collection variables are useful for storing and operating on query results. For example, you can set up collection variables for names, email addresses, and index values to store results from querying a list. You can then loop through items in a particular collection variable (names, emails, or index values). into one string. You can specify a delimiter such as comma to separate the values.
For example, you can join all names in a target collection as shown below:
Collection: ["Andy", "John", "Sally"]
Delimiter: ,
Join items in collection action result: Andy,John,Sally
Before you begin:
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Understand Variables
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Understand container actions: Actions that can be added to create branches such as Branch by stage or to contain other actions such as Action Set that can be collapsed down into a single action high-level view.
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Configure the Join items in collection action
In the Designer page:
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Open the action in the configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.
- In the Collection field, specify the collection that contains the items you want to join.
- Specify the Delimiter to separate the values.
- Specify a variable to store the output of the action in the Result field.
Join items in collection fields, buttons, and settings
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Section |
Field |
Description |
Variable types |
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(Unlabeled) |
Collection |
The collection variable that contains the items you want to join. Important: Collection and Object type items in the collection variable are not supported. The action fails if items of these unsupported types are included in the selected variable. |
Collection |
| Delimiter |
The separator that's inserted between the values of items in the output string. |
Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection | |
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Output |
Result |
The variable used to store the output after the items are joined. |
Text |