Steps are the core components that define the behavior and flow of a Workflow in Blink. Each Step represents a specific action or task, and multiple Steps are connected in sequence to achieve a complete automated workflow.

In the Workflow Editor, users build workflows by adding Steps that perform actions, apply logic, or control the flow. Each Step begins with selecting an Action and, when necessary, associating it with a Connection to an external service. Steps are added in a clear, logical order to ensure the Workflow runs smoothly from start to finish.


Step Settings

Step settings allow you to customize the behavior and execution of each individual step in your workflow. These settings control how the step runs, how its output is handled, and how errors are managed. They provide flexibility for advanced use cases, such as handling failures gracefully, controlling execution time, reusing logic across workflows, and securely managing sensitive data.


Below is a detailed explanation of each step setting, outlining how you can customize execution behavior, error handling, output management, and reusability for individual workflow steps.

TIP: Access your step settings by clicking on the icon on the right-hand side of your step.


Multiselect Step and Bulk Actions

The ‘Multiselect Step and Bulk Actions’ feature allows you to select multiple steps at once in the Workflow editor and preform bulk actions on the selected step such as delete, copy and cut as well as dragging the selected steps to a new position.

Enabling the Multi-selection Step Mode

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Initiating the 'Multi-selection Step Mode' can be done in a few ways:

  • Selecting the checkbox icon on the top right corner of the canvas.

  • Command/control + clicking a step

  • Right-click and select the Select step from the step contextual menu.

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View Step Selection Checkboxes

Checkboxes will appear next the Workflow’s steps replacing the run step buttons.

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Select Steps

Select the steps by checking the box. The selected steps will be highlighted in blue for a clear selected indication. You can also use Shift and click on the mouse to select consecutive steps.

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Use the Bulk Action Toolbar

During the selection mode, a floating toolbar will appear towards the bottom of the screen, displaying the delete, copy, and cut bulk actions, the number of selected steps and a cancel button which will revert to the normal mode.

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Confirm Bulk Actions

Upon choosing a bulk action for your selected steps, a notification pop-up will appear in the bottom-right corner. It will confirm the successful completion of the chosen bulk action and provide you with the option to revert it by selecting the “undo” button.


Leaving the Multi-selection Step Mode

Note: Engaging in unrelated actions within the editor may close the multi-select mode.

In order to exit the Multi-selection Step Mode and return to the original mode you can preform the following actions:

  1. Clicking on the cancel button on the floating selection element.

OR

  1. Clicking on the multi-select icon in the top-right corner.

Mouse and Keyboard Shortcuts

  1. Right-clicking on a step will open the step contextual menu.

  2. Holding down the Command key ( - for Mac users) or the Control key (Ctrl- for Windows users) and clicking on specific steps, will transition the canvas to selection mode and mark the steps as selected.

  3. Pressing Command/Control + C will copy steps.

    • + C (Mac) / Ctrl + C (Windows)

  4. Pressing Command/Control + X will cut steps.

    • + X (Mac) / Ctrl + X (Windows)

  5. Pressing Command/Control + V will paste steps from the clipboard to the bottom of the canvas.

    • + V (Mac) / Ctrl + V (Windows)

  6. Pressing Shift+click will select all in-between steps from the last selected checkbox.

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