NITRO™ Workflows > Configuring Workflows > Conditions, Placeholders & Functions

Conditions

Conditions allow you to restrict the execution of your workflow so that it only runs when specified data conditions are met. Conditions support the following value types for a list column:

•Literal/Custom values

•Another field value

•Functions

•Place Holders

1.Single Line of Text

Possible Values	Example
Column Value - Fixed value	CCSTest
Another Column name – [ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	[Status\|RequestStatus]
Function	$Strcat $formatvalue
Query List Value - QueryListName##[ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	GetProblem##[Title\|Title]. Note: Can not use this in workflow condition. you can use this in gateway condition.

Sample example:

single line text in condition 1

2.Person or Group

Possible Values	Example
Column Value	- Pavan Kumar - pavan@crowcanyon365.com - pavan;#james
Another Column name – [ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	[Requester\|Requester]
Function	- parseuservalue Ex- $parseuservalue(John Smith) - usercollection
Query List Value - QueryListName##[ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	GetConfiguration##[Approver\|Approver]

Person or group in condition 1

3.Date Time

Possible Values	Example
Column Value	01/01/2018
Another Column name – [ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	[Due Date\|DueDate]
Function	- subtract - add - calcbusinesstime - addmonths - datediffhours - datediffbusinesshours
Query List Value - QueryListName##[ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	AssetItem##[ExpiryDate\|ExpiryDate]
Placeholder	{Today}

Date Time value in condition

4.Choice

Possible Values	Example
Column Value	High
Another Column name – [ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	[Priority\|Priority]
Function	Strcat xpath
Query List Value - QueryListName##[ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	TicketItem##[Priority\|Priority]

Single Choice in condition

5.Multi Choice

Possible Values	Example
Column Value	Marketing;#Computers
Another Column name – [ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	[Priority\|Priority]
Function	Strcat
Query List Value	TicketItem##[Priority\|Priority]

NOTE: It is not necessary that multiple choice values specified in the item field and condition value be in same order. As long as both contain the same set of choices, condition will evaluate to true. For instance in the condition it can be either Choice1;#Choice2 or Choice2;#Choice1.

Multichoice in condition

6.Lookup

Possible Values	Example
Another Column name – [ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	[Assigned Staff\|AssignedStaff]
Column Value	Calendar
Query List Value - [ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	TicketItem##[Assigned Staff\|Assigned staff]

single lookup column in workflow condition

7.Multi Lookup

Possible Values	Example
Another Column name – [ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	[Text\|Text]
Column Value	Spam;#Calendar
Query List Value	TicketItem##[Text\|Text]

Multi lookup in condition

8.Yes/No

Possible Values	Example
Another Column name – [ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	[HasAttachmentDocs\|HasAttachmentDocs]
Column Value	- True - False - Yes - No
Query List Value	TicketItem##[SendForApproval\|SendForApproval]

Yes and no in condition

9.Number or Currency

Possible Values	Example
Another Column name – [ColumnDisplayName\|ColumnInternalName]	[Cost\|Cost]
Column Value	100
Query List Value	PurchaseItem##[Price\|Price]

Currency and Number condition

Refer this article for more detail on placeholder with expression builder: Syntax For Expressions In NITRO Workflows