How to Skip the Next Step if a Certain Condition is Met?

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how does one skip only the next step if a condition is met?

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To skip only the next step in a Pipedream workflow if a condition is met, you can use a combination of conditional logic and the $.flow.exit() method. However, since $.flow.exit() will end the entire workflow, you need to structure your workflow such that the step you want to conditionally skip is isolated. Here’s a general approach: 1. Use a code step to evaluate the condition: This step will determine whether the next step should be skipped. 2. Use a conditional step to either proceed or skip: Based on the result of the condition, you can either proceed to the next step or skip it. Here’s an example workflow: 1. Step 1: Evaluate the condition. 2. Step 2: Conditional step to either proceed or skip. 3. Step 3: The step that might be skipped. 4. Step 4: Continue with the rest of the workflow. ### Example Code ```
// Step 1: Evaluate the condition export default defineComponent({ async run({ steps, $ }) { const conditionMet = true; // Replace with your actual condition logic $.export(“conditionMet”, conditionMet); }, }); // Step 2: Conditional step to either proceed or skip export default defineComponent({ async run({ steps, $ }) { if (steps.step1.conditionMet) { return $.flow.exit(“Skipping the next step”); } }, }); // Step 3: The step that might be skipped export default defineComponent({ async run({ steps, $ }) { console.log(“This step will be skipped if the condition is met”); }, }); // Step 4: Continue with the rest of the workflow export default defineComponent({ async run({ steps, $ }) { console.log(“This step will always run”); }, });

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Slight error from Pi, but actually a good suggestion overall

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If you use $.flow.exit(), the entire workflow will exit

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But if you export the condition like the step 1 suggestion:
$.export("conditionMet", conditionMet);

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The next steps check that condition

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You will be able to skip a step

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But not with built-in actions

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That’s unfortunate. My use case is with a built-in action.

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Have you seen this announcement? We plan to ship the preview for if/else in the builder very soon!

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Looking forward to see a preview of it :slightly_smiling_face: