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Categories Workflow Designer
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Created on Dec 9, 2020

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Workflow search actions/variables

Sometimes you want to quickly jump to a certain action, or see where a certain variable is used. It would be great if there was a search bar somewhere on the workflow designer (see top-right of image for example) where you could search to match any variable names, action internal names, action renames) and it would bring them up a list of matches. Then you click next/previous to jump/highlight that action in the workflow (or if possible open the config and highlight where the value is used).

An awesome extension to this would be to 'remove all' instances of a variable or 'replace all' instances of a variable.
  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Sep 7, 2022
    Thanks for your feedback. Opening this up for vorting to get a sense of demand and priority.
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    Kate Huynh
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    |     Oct 12, 2023

    Hi,


    Thank you for your feedback, and apologies it's taken so long to respond. We have 2 features that should achieve what you're looking for here:


    Actions in use (top right of the designer) lists all actions in the workflow, including the internal and default action names, highlighting which actions are invalid and require attention. You can also search through this list, and clicking on an action will take you to its place in the design. To learn more, please see this help topic: https://help.nintex.com/en-US/nwc/Content/Designer/ViewActions.htm

    Variable usage (accessed per variable via its menu) will find all actions that it is referenced in, and clicking on that action will take you to its place in the design (in the background) and open its configuration panel so you can see the variable reference. To learn more, please see this help topic: https://help.nintex.com/en-US/nwc/Content/Designer/UseVariablesinWorkflow.htm - View variable usage.


    Regards,

    Kate Huynh.