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Workflow

The Workflow step in Snappit allows you to nest and reuse existing workflows within a larger, parent workflow. It enables modular, maintainable, and scalable automation by treating workflows as composable building blocks.

Snappit Workflow Step

🧠 Purpose​

To reuse and nest other workflows as sub-processes, helping you keep complex logic clean, manageable, and DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself).

This step lets one workflow invoke another, making it ideal for:

  • Breaking down large workflows into smaller, focused parts
  • Creating reusable actions (e.g., Login, Upload, Fill Form)
  • Maintaining versioned logic without breaking dependent flows
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Extracting common, repeated steps in to separate flow will increase the maintainability of your workflows

🧭 Behavior​

When a Workflow step is executed:

  • It loads the selected workflow by reference
  • Runs that workflow's steps in sequence
  • Waits for the sub-workflow to complete before proceeding
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Workflow steps inputs and outputs will be determined by selected workflow's inputs and outputs

Each time a workflow is reused, it behaves like a function call — isolated, reusable, and predictable.

⚙️ Configuration​

The Workflow step provides the following options:

  • Workflow Selector: A dropdown that lists all available workflows within the current project.
  • Version Selector: Lets you choose a specific version of the selected workflow.
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Snappit uses an automatic versioning system. When a workflow is updated, older versions remain functional unless explicitly upgraded in the parent flow.

🔁 Versioning & Safety​

Snappit tracks all changes made to workflows and maintains version history automatically.

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Older versions of a workflow will not break parent workflows — they will continue running with the original version unless you update them manually.

This means you can safely make improvements to workflows without worrying about unintended downstream impacts.

✅ Use Cases​

  • Reuse a "Login" workflow across multiple automations
  • Modularize tasks like "Upload File", "Fill Form", or "Handle Modal"
  • Maintain a library of reusable micro-workflows across a team

🧩 Building Complex Automation​

The Workflow step is key to building scalable and maintainable automation in Snappit. By modularizing your logic, you reduce repetition, simplify debugging, and enable collaboration across larger automation projects.