Workflows Tips #26: Testing a Card With Streaming, Passing Data to a Helper Flow, and Online Meetup Recording
Tags: nocode, workflows, ipaas, webinar
Published: 2022-08-30 18:10:19

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title: Workflows Tips #26: Testing a Card With Streaming, Passing Data to a Helper Flow, and Online Meetup Recording
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date: 2022-08-30 04:01:09 UTC
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Welcome to another Okta Workflows Tips post. Read all other tips ⤵️
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In this post:

- Test a card before using the streaming option
- Passing data to a helper flow
- Online meetup recording: Build Your First No-Code Workflow Automation in 25 Minutes

## Test a card before using the streaming option

When you use a card with the streaming option, you need to choose a helper flow before you save a flow or test the card (or flow):

[![Using streaming option](https://katzmax.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/workflows_tips26_streaming_save.png?w=498)](https://katzmax.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/workflows_tips26_streaming_save.png)
<figcaption>Using streaming option</figcaption>

If you don’t yet have the helper flow but would like to test how the search works, switch to **First 200 Matching Records** option for **Result Set** (click on **Options** to set it).

[![First 200 Matching Records option](https://katzmax.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/workflows_tips26_200_records.png?w=490)](https://katzmax.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/workflows_tips26_200_records.png)
<figcaption>First 200 Matching Records option</figcaption>

Now you can test and check that search is working correctly:

[![Testing a card](https://katzmax.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/workflows_tips26_test_200_records.png?w=1024)](https://katzmax.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/workflows_tips26_test_200_records.png)
<figcaption>Testing a card</figcaption>

Once you build the helper flow you can switch to the streaming option.

## Passing data to a helper flow

When passing additional data to a helper flow (using **State** object), the variable name and its type in a calling flow:

[![Passing additional data to a helper flow](https://katzmax.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/workflows_tips26_passing_data_to_helper1.png?w=466)](https://katzmax.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/workflows_tips26_passing_data_to_helper1.png)
<figcaption>Passing additional data to a helper flow</figcaption>

needs to match the variable name and type in helper flow ( **Time Window** , type: **Number** ):

[![Helper flow input](https://katzmax.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/workflows_tips26_passing_data_to_helper2.png?w=450)](https://katzmax.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/workflows_tips26_passing_data_to_helper2.png)
<figcaption>Helper flow input</figcaption>

## Online meetup recording: Build Your First No-Code Workflow Automation in 25 Minutes

In this recording you will learn step-by-step how to build your first no-code workflow automation and also:

- Building a flow with the basic building blocks (events, schedule, actions, functions, and connectors)
- Creating logic with if-then, loops and helper flows
- Testing and running flow

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Two resources to help you learn more: 

📘 Try this step-by-step getting started tutorial: [Build Your First Automation With Okta Workflows: Notify When User Is Suspended](https://dev.to/maxkatz/build-your-first-automation-with-okta-workflows-notify-when-user-is-suspended-1l3p-temp-slug-2933517).

📺 Short how-to [Workflows videos](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIid085fSVdvyK8F4xuk49EchBPmAVNHG) to help you become a better automation builder.