LinkedIn - Create a text post

Use the LinkedIn - Create a text post action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to post a simple text message to a user's LinkedIn page. This is useful to post simple updates to a LinkedIn profile.

For more information about the LinkedIn connector, go to LinkedIn.

Configure the LinkedIn - Create a text post action

1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

2. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.

3. Select the LinkedIn User ID of the person you're posting the message to.

4. Specify the Text message to post.

5. Select the level visibility you want for the post in Network visibility.

LinkedIn - Create a text post action fields and settings

Section	Field	Description	Variable types
(Unlabeled)	Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.	The LinkedIn connection to use to create a text post. To refresh the available connections, click .	(n/a)
	User ID	The unique identifier of the person whose LinkedIn page will be posted to. How do I get a User ID from LinkedIn? You can use the output object of a LinkedIn - Get user details action to retrieve the user ID.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	Text	The content of the LinkedIn post.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	Network visibility	Make this post visible only to those connected to the user, or visible to everyone.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection