Studio Web user guide

• Extract, format, and restructure API responses.
• Aggregate and consolidate data.
• Perform calculations and data transformations.
• Standardize data formats for later steps.
• Run within the workflow execution context, accessing only existing workflow data and step outputs.

Known limitations​

• You cannot make API calls using the Script activity. Use the HTTP request activity instead.
• JavaScript code execution has a timeout of 30 seconds.

Using the Script activity​

1. On your API workflow designer canvas, select the plus (+) icon. The Add activity menu appears.
2. Select Script.
3. In the Properties panel, expand the Expression editor, then write your JavaScript logic in the Code panel.
4. Debug the workflow to execute the activity and generate output fields for later use.

• Use the return statement to efficiently structure JSON outputs.
• Use .map() to transform arrays into structured objects.
• Use Autopilot expression generator to automatically generate JavaScript based on workflow context, minimizing manual coding effort. For example: "I fetched responses from 3 HTTP calls, merge them into a JavaScript object".

Script activity example​

{
  "first_name": "Betty",
  "last_name": "Liu"
}
{
  "first_name": "Betty",
  "last_name": "Liu"
}

1. On your API workflow designer canvas, add a Script activity.
2. Open the Expression editor and paste the following implementation:
   assignment

   return {
   
       // Details on the worker
       worker: {
           name: $currentItem.descriptor,
           email: $currentItem.person.email
       },
   
       // Details of their manager
       manager: {
           name: $context.outputs.Workers_3.content.descriptor,
           email: $context.outputs.Workers_3.content.person.email
       },
   
           // Details for their direct reports
       reports: $context.outputs.Workday_REST_HTTP_Request_4.content.data.map(report => ({
           name: report.descriptor,
           email: report.primaryWorkEmail
       }))
   }
   return {
   
       // Details on the worker
       worker: {
           name: $currentItem.descriptor,
           email: $currentItem.person.email
       },
   
       // Details of their manager
       manager: {
           name: $context.outputs.Workers_3.content.descriptor,
           email: $context.outputs.Workers_3.content.person.email
       },
   
           // Details for their direct reports
       reports: $context.outputs.Workday_REST_HTTP_Request_4.content.data.map(report => ({
           name: report.descriptor,
           email: report.primaryWorkEmail
       }))
   }
   

• Using $context.outputs to retrieve data from previous API calls.
• Using .map()to transform arrays into structured lists of reports.
• Combining multiple API responses into a single JSON object.