Pre-Requisites

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The Story - 104 Exercises

This set of examples demonstrates the use of basic Functions.

You have a list of email addresses that you need to process and then send a message about your product.

Exercise 104-1 - Create a New Flow

Begin by creating a new Flow:

Login to your environment
Click “+ New Flow”
Scroll down and select “Child Flow”
Name and Save your Flow: Call it “Functions Exercise”
Add a new function by clicking “+”

Search for “Split” - which is in the String category
- For the string, enter your email address
- For the delimiter, enter the “@” symbol
Click the “Test this card” icon to confirm that the card works correctly

Exercise 104-2 - Add Function: List At

Next, let’s use the List At function to return the item from the list that we want (e.g. the part before the “@” sign).

Add a new function by clicking “Add Function”
Select List - At
Configure the card by dragging the output from the String Split card to the “list” field
Leave the index at “0”. This indicates the first position
Test your Flow

Exercise 104-3- Add Functions: Date Now and Date To String

Let’s now get today’s date and time so we can use it in our email message.

Add a new function again and add a Date Now function
- No configuration is required for this card but take a moment to look at all the fields that it returns for use!
New function - add a Date to String card (under Date)
- Drag the date field from “Now” over to the “start” field
- Click the “?” icon on the bottom of the card to view date formats
- Copy the format: “D-MMM-YY HH:mm:ss.S z”
- Paste it into the “format” field
- Again reference the in-app Help
- Type “US/Pacific” for your time zone (or choose your own)
Save and Test your Flow.
- Review the format of the date in the output field and the date-to-string cards

Exercise 104-4- Add Function: Compose

Let’s use the String Compose card to craft an email message that we would send to the person.

Add Function: String Compose card
Type a message (see the image below)
Within your message - DRAG over the person’s name and include the date from previous Cards
Test your Flow

You may opt to include an Action to send the message via email, Slack, or some other application!