A Concatenator action allows users to combine multiple square brackets and text into a new square bracket that can then be used later on in a workflow. This article discusses the Concatenator action in more detail.
NOTE: The Concatenator action is currently in its Beta version. Please bear with us if you encounter any issues when using this feature. You may also send us details of issues you encounter while using it (for more information, see Getting Support).
Table of Contents
- Understanding the Condition Action
- Setting Up a Concatenator Action
- Sample Use Case for a Concatenator Action
- How a Condition Action Appears in the User Application
Understanding the Concatenator Action
A Concatenator action is used to combine information available in multiple square brackets and text. This combined information is saved to a separate square bracket for use as the workflow progresses.
Setting Up a Concatenator Action
Use a Concatenator action anytime you need to output information provided in multiple square brackets and text into a new square bracket.
To set up a Concatenator action:
- Drag a Concatenator action to the canvas of the Workflow Editor.
- Position your cursor over the action, then click the Edit icon when it appears.
- On the Action Editor, optionally change the name of the Concatenator action to a more descriptive one.
- On the text box right below the Run for Table section, combine the square brackets and/or text that will be saved into a new square bracket. To enter Conditional text, type an opening curly bracket, {, to open the Condition Editor, where you can enter the conditions for certain text to appear. For more information on Conditional text, see Using Conditional Text in Actions.
- Enter a name for the combined square brackets and text you entered in Step 4. The combined square brackets and text will be saved into this new square bracket.
- Click the x button on the top-left to save your changes and close the Action Editor.
NOTE: The Concatenator Action is one of several Actions in AUTTO that have a Run for Table option, which allows you to use it against every record in an existing table and enter the results into a new table. Using square brackets, you can then use the new table later on in the workflow. For more information, see Getting Started with Run for Table.
Sample Use Case for a Concatenator Action
A sample use case for the Concatenator action is when you create prompts for generative AI. In this case, your workflow will go as follows:
- Extract data from a document using AI integration created with the AUTTO API (see Getting Started with the AUTTO API).
- Use a Get Data action, with the Run for Table option enabled, then save the data to a table with two columns, Column 1 with the field name, and Column 2 with the text extracted from the document (see Get Data Action).
- Use a Concatenator action with the text and the field name columns in the data table from the Get Data action as input, and save the prompts for each line in the output table.
- Use a Send Data action with Run for Table enabled to send the prompts to generative AI (see Send Data Action).
How a Concatenator Action Appears in the User Application
The Concatenator action does not appear in a Workflow, as it does its work behind the scenes. Rather, another action accepts the square bracket that contains the Concatenator action's output and displays it on the User Application as the workflow progresses.
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