Create a loop in a workflow

Learn how to create a loop in a Bridge workflow.

Who can use this?

Plans:

  • Bridge by Smartsheet

Sometimes, you should create a loop in a Bridge workflow. Usually, you need to build a workflow that should be repeated for many items, such as many rows in a sheet or many records in another system.

Both can be solved in Bridge, but in different ways.

Create a loop in a workflow

A trigger can cause a workflow to run for multiple items at once. For example, a workflow should run regularly to update multiple rows in a sheet.

  1. Create a parent workflow triggered by the schedule and programmed to collect all the rows needed. 
  2. Add the Run Child Workflow module. 
  3. Enter the name of the workflow you want to run once for each row collected.
  4. In the Number of Runs field, specify the times to run the child workflow. 
    • If you leave this field blank, the child workflow runs once. 
    • If you enter the reference to an array of data, the child workflow will run once for each entry.

Reference array data in the child workflow

  1. Go to the Run Log. 

  2. Expand the Trigger data.
     

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  3. Copy the data reference you need.