Using Tables in Workflows - Blink Documentation

Add a Record

There are two ways to Add a Record to a table

Add a record to a table by manually entering the table field name and the table field value.

Parameter	Description
Table	The name of the table.
Record	Data of record, manually enter the field name and field value.

Add a record to a table by manually entering the table field name and the table field value.

Parameter	Description
Table	The name of the table.
Record	Data of record, manually enter the field name and field value.

Records can be added by inputting values in JSON format. Bulk creation is also supported, allowing the input of a list of JSON objects.

Parameter	Description
Table	The name of the table.
Record	Data of record, a JSON format containing `Key : Value` pairs. Can also be a list of `JSON` objects.

Create or Update Record

There are two ways to Create or Update a Record in a table.

Create or Update an entire Record in a table by selecting the entire record option.

Parameter	Description
Table	The name of the table.
Create or Update Condition	Set the condition for deciding weather to create or update the selected record.
Record Data Format	Entire Record
Record	The value of the record you want to create or update

NOTE

Please note that if you leave any fields empty in the Create or Update Record action, the existing values in the table will remain unchanged.

INFO

In the below example, the Number record field is updated.

Create or Update an entire Record in a table by selecting the entire record option.

Parameter	Description
Table	The name of the table.
Create or Update Condition	Set the condition for deciding weather to create or update the selected record.
Record Data Format	Entire Record
Record	The value of the record you want to create or update

NOTE

Please note that if you leave any fields empty in the Create or Update Record action, the existing values in the table will remain unchanged.

INFO

In the below example, the Number record field is updated.

Create or Update a Record in a table by entering values in JSON format.

Parameter	Description
Table	The name of the table.
Create or Update Condition	Set the condition for deciding weather to create or update the selected record.
Record Data Format	JSON
Record	The value of the record you want to create or update in JSON format

INFO

In the below example, the Admin record field is updated.

Get a Record

There are three different ways to Get record(s) from a table

Get a Record from a table by using a condition. All records that match the condition will be returned.

Parameter	Description
Query Method	The query method to get records
Table	The table you want to get records from.
Fields	Table Fields.
Condition	Condition that compares two table field values.
Output Format	The format of the output the records are returned- Table, JSON or CSV .
Limit (optional)	Limit the amount of records returned by the query.
Offset (optional)	Choose the offset from the data to start querying the table from.
Order By (optional)	Choose what field to order the results by.
Sort (optional)	Sort the records by ascending or descending order.
Include Query Metadata In Output (optional)	Check the box to include Query Metadata in the Output.
All Pages (optional)	Check the box to return all data in the table(this setting invalidates the `Limit` and `Offset` fields.)

Get a Record from a table by using a condition. All records that match the condition will be returned.

Parameter	Description
Query Method	The query method to get records
Table	The table you want to get records from.
Fields	Table Fields.
Condition	Condition that compares two table field values.
Output Format	The format of the output the records are returned- Table, JSON or CSV .
Limit (optional)	Limit the amount of records returned by the query.
Offset (optional)	Choose the offset from the data to start querying the table from.
Order By (optional)	Choose what field to order the results by.
Sort (optional)	Sort the records by ascending or descending order.
Include Query Metadata In Output (optional)	Check the box to include Query Metadata in the Output.
All Pages (optional)	Check the box to return all data in the table(this setting invalidates the `Limit` and `Offset` fields.)

Get Record(s) by querying a table for records using the RQL query method.

Parameter	Description
Query Method	The query method to get records
Table	The table you want to get records from.
RQL Query	The RQL query to run against the table.
Condition	Condition that compares two table field values.
Output Format	The format of the output the records are returned- Table, JSON or CSV .
Limit (optional)	Limit the amount of records returned by the query.
Offset (optional)	Choose the offset from the data to start querying the table from.
Include Query Metadata In Output (optional)	Check the box to include Query Metadata in the Output.
All Pages (optional)	Check the box to return all data in the table(this setting invalidates the `Limit` and `Offset` fields.)

Get a Record by using RQL format lets you query a table for record(s) using the Select , Filter or Sort actions on the tables’ collection.
- Select - Specify which fields to return by specifying fields name using the Select option.
- Filter - specify which records to return using the Filter option - only records that is the Is Admin value is false.
- Sort - Define the sorting criteria by designating the relevant field and order. For ascending order, use + before the field name; for descending order, use - instead. For Example: "sort": [+"updated_at"]

RQL Format Example:

{
	"select": [] // list of fields to select.
	"limit": 100 // limit the amount of records that will return (max is 1000).
	"offset": 0 // the offset from where to return the data.
  "sort": [+"updated_at"] // In this example we are sorting the "updated_at" value in ascending order as there is a + before the field value.
	"filter": {
		key: value // this option lets you filter a specific key with its value
		// for example "name": "Public"
		key: {
			"$gt", "$gte", "$lt", "$lte",
			"$contains_any", "$contains_all", "$like": value
			// this options lets you do more advanced filtering, for example checking
			// if a record was created in the past 25 minutes.
			// "$gt": {{ to_epoch(now() - '25m') * 1000 }}
		}
	}
}

Get Record(s) by querying a table for records using the SQL query method.

Parameter	Description
Query Method	The query method to get records
Table	The table you want to get records from.
SQL Query	The SQL query to run against the table.
Condition	Condition that compares two table field values.
Output Format	The format of the output the records are returned- Table, JSON or CSV .
Limit (optional)	Limit the amount of records returned by the query.
Offset (optional)	Choose the offset from the data to start querying the table from.
Include Query Metadata In Output (optional)	Check the box to include Query Metadata in the Output.
All Pages (optional)	Check the box to return all data in the table(this setting invalidates the `Limit` and `Offset` fields.)

SQL Format Example:

select
   table_1.number as t1_num,
   table_2.number as t2_num
from
   table_1
left outer join
   table_2
on
 table_1.name = table_2.name

Delete a Record

There are two ways to Delete a Record from a table:

Delete a record from a table by the Record ID.

Parameter	Description
Table Name	The name of the table.
Record ID	The record unique identifier. Can be obtained via the Select action.

Delete a record from a table by the Record ID.

Parameter	Description
Table Name	The name of the table.
Record ID	The record unique identifier. Can be obtained via the Select action.

Delete a record from a table only when a certain condition is met.

Parameter	Description
Table Name	The name of the table.
Condition (Optional)	Condition that compares two table field values.

Create a Table

Create a table based on a schema.

Parameters:

Parameter	Description
Table Name	The name of the table.
Table Schema	The schema of the table in `JSON` format. For more information, see the Copy table schema.
Skip	Skips table creation if table with the same name already exists.

Does Table Exist

Check if a table with a given display name exists.

When using the Create Table action, and the inserted name of a Table already exists, the Create Table action will fail. In order to prevent this scenario, you are recommended to use the Does Table Exist Action before the Create Table step.

Parameters:

Parameter	Description
Table Name	The name of the table.
Search By	Search by `name`, `display name` or both. Default is `display name`.

Clear a Table

Clear all table records.

Parameters:

Parameter	Description
Table Name	The name of the table.

Delete a Table

Deletes the entire table.

Parameters:

Parameter	Description
Table Name	The name of the table.

Copy Table Schema

For each table that was created, there is a table schema.

Click the 3 dots menu of the table > Copy table scheme.

Example of a Table Schema:

{
  "fields": [
    {
      "display_name": "Date",
      "description": "",
      "type": "date",
      "attributes": {
        "hidden": false,
        "include_time": false,
        "options": [],
        "required": false,
        "width": 165
      }
    },
    {
      "display_name": "Action",
      "description": "",
      "type": "text",
      "attributes": {
        "hidden": false,
        "options": [],
        "required": false,
        "width": 165
      }
    },
    {
      "display_name": "User",
      "description": "",
      "type": "user",
      "attributes": {
        "hidden": false,
        "options": [],
        "required": false,
        "width": 165
      }
    }
  ]
}

On New Record - Event-Based Trigger

The New Table Record option is an Event-Based Trigger that executes your Workflow every time a new record is added to your table.

NOTE

Please note that the “Table Name” in the trigger setup must exactly match the name you assigned to your table.

Blink Platform

​Add a Record

​Create or Update Record

​Get a Record

​Delete a Record

​Create a Table

​Does Table Exist

​Clear a Table

​Delete a Table

​Copy Table Schema

​On New Record - Event-Based Trigger

Add a Record

Create or Update Record

Get a Record

Delete a Record

Create a Table

Does Table Exist

Clear a Table

Delete a Table

Copy Table Schema

On New Record - Event-Based Trigger