3.7 🔧 Let's Configure Variables

You can configure workflow variables at different stages within your workflow steps.

Where Can You Configure Variables?

• System / API Call Steps

  • Pre-Step

  • Intermediate Step

  • Post-Step

• All Other Steps (except Console, Sleep, and Stop)

  • Pre-Step

  • Post-Step

Understanding When Each Stage Executes

🔹 Pre-Step

Executes before the step runs

• Used to:

  • Initialize variables

  • Set or update values needed for the step

🔹 Intermediate Step (only for System / API Call steps)

Executes after the API call is completed and before checking response conditions (branching)

• Used to:

  • Read API response

  • Update variables based on response data

🔹 Post-Step

• Executes after the step is fully completed

Note: For steps like API Call, Decision and Loop, Post-Step runs only after all internal paths or iterations are completed.

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Step 1: Configure API Step with Variables

• Create a Batch Workflow

• Connect to BigCommerce – Get All Customers API

Under the Variables tab, configure:

🔹 Pre-Step

Initialize a variable:

total = 0 (Number)

🔹 Intermediate Step

total = {{variables.total.increment()}} (Number)

This increments the value after API call but before branching

🔹 Post-Step

total = {{variables.total.increment()}} (Number)

This increments the value after all branching is completed

Step 2: Add Console in Success Path

• Under Response is Valid (Option A)

• Add a Console step: {{variables.total}}

Step 3: Add Console After API Step

• Add another Console step after the API step: {{variables.total}}

Step 4: Run the Workflow

• Enable Console Logs

• Save and click Sync Now

Output

• Console inside success path → 1

• Console after API step → 2

▶️ Execution Flow Explained

1. Pre-Step executes: total = 0

2. API Call executes

3. Intermediate Step executes: total = 1

4. Success Path (Option A) executes

   Console prints → 1

5. Post-Step executes

   total = 2

6. Next step after API executes

   Console prints → 2

🎉 Ta da! You have successfully unleashed the power of Workflow Variables