Create Record activity
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- UpdatedJan 30, 2025
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- Yokohama
- Create Workflows
Pause the playbook and prompt the end user to create a record in a form view. Use this activity to allow the end user to create a record. This activity requires you to configure the desired table for which record to create, and the desired form view that the end user will see when creating the record.
Roles and availability
This activity is available as a common activity. Users with the admin, playbook.admin, or pd_author can add this activity to a playbook.
Inputs
Open the activity properties panel and configure your activity to add values for the following inputs. If the input value varies, use the pill-picker to show where to get the
value. To learn more about the pill-picker, see Dot-walking examples.
Outputs
These outputs can provide data to other activities in your playbook. You can access this data as activity inputs when you configure your activity:
Output | Type | Description |
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Table | Table Name | Table containing new record. |
Create Record View | String | Form view used for record creation. |
Record Created | Sys ID | Unique identifier of the record that this activity created. |
Design considerations
- Create form views for activities that you want to render in a playbook during runtime.
- Use a form view to display only the fields your users need to create a record. Your view should display required fields or those fields validated by other business logic. See View Management.
- Run non-interactive activities before interactive activities
- While a Create Record activity interactively gathers data from users, it prevents the playbook from starting any dependent activities. For example, a Create Record activity would prevent starting After Previous activities, which may be in other stages. Where possible, design your playbooks to run non-interactive activities before interactive activities that could block them.